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River Flood Warning 196, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 28, 2008Polk County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 28, 2008, 2:23 AM CDT for Polk County, Iowa. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2008, 2:23 AM CDT (07:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2008, 4:50 AM CDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity
Minor

County Polk County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Fourmile Creek at Des Moines Easton Blvd (DFMI4). The gauge peaked at 15.38 ft at Jul 28, 2008, 12:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
12.5 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05485640, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jul 28, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 12:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1245 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

.DISCUSSION...
WILL KEEP DISCUSSION BRIEF TODAY WITH ONGOING ACTIVE WEATHER. STRONG
TO SEVERE STORMS CURRENTLY FIRING ALONG CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW IN
NORTHERN IOWA AND WILL KEEP PROGRESSING SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN IOWA THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON/EVENING. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF THE CWA UNTIL 10 PM. ALREADY GETTING
SIGNIFICANT STRAIGHT LINE WIND REPORTS...CAN/T RULE OUT ISOLATED TOR
THREAT INVOF BOUNDARY FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. SOME QUESTION
ABOUT CONVECTIVE EVOLUTION BEYOND THE FIRST SHOT...AS THE GFS/ECMWF
BOTH SUGGESTING ADDITIONAL MCS POTENTIAL ESPECIALLY EASTERN HALF
LATE TONIGHT. WILL HAVE TO WATCH HEAVY RAIN THREAT CLOSELY AS
CONVECTION MOVES INTO SOUTHERN IOWA...AREAS THAT CANNOT TAKE MUCH
ADDITIONAL RAIN BEFORE FLASH FLOODING OCCURS. NO FLASH FLOOD WATCH
PLANNED AT THIS TIME WITH UNCERTAINTY ABOUT AMOUNTS/LOCATION...BUT
MAY HAVE TO ISSUE LATER ONCE EVENT SHOWS ITS HAND.

BEYOND THE OVERNIGHT...SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAIN/SVR WEATHER AGAIN
EXPECTED MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY AS DOLLY MOISTURE REMNANTS BEGIN
TO IMPACT THE REGION. ACTIVE WEATHER LIKELY TO CONTINUE LATE
WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY WITH NEXT SHORT WAVE TOPPING THE RIDGE
FOLLOWED BY UPPER RIDGING AND MAINLY DRY AND HOT WEATHER FROM FRIDAY
THROUGH SUNDAY.

&&

.AVIATION...28/06Z
FIRST TSTM COMPLEX HAS MOVED OUT WITH NEW LINE OF TSRA FORMING ON
BAROCLINIC BOUNDARY SOUTHEAST INTO CENTRAL TO NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL IA.  EXPECT TO SEE THIS THRU MUCH OF THE NIGHT WITH WKNG AFT
10Z.  SOME FOG FORMING ARND SNRS SHUD BURN OFF.  ATMOS VERY UNSTABLE
AND WILL LKLY SEE AT LEAST SCT TSRA BY 18Z ALREADY AND A PERIOD OF
MORE WDSPRD ACTIVITY IN THE 22Z-02Z TIMEFRAME.

&&

.DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR ENTIRE CWA EXCEPT NORTHERN 2 TIERS OF
COUNTIES.

&&

AVIATION...MS JUL 08
SHORT...MS JUL 08
PUBLIC...KINNEY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 27, 11:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1110 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

IAZ023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-281100-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-
POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-
CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
1110 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT.
THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS TO 60
MPH...AND HAIL TO BASEBALL SIZE. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF
THE QUESTION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY OVER SOUTHERN IOWA...WHERE HEAVY RAIN FELL RECENTLY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE ARE VARIABLE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT MANY OF
THE NEXT 7 DAYS. AT THIS TIME THE GREATER CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE LATE MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN TUESDAY.
CURRENTLY THE AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER AGAIN
MONDAY NIGHT....WITH THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER UNCERTAIN AT
THIS TIME FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVERNIGHT.

IAZ004>007-015>017-281100-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
1110 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM
NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS TO 60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE ARE VARIABLE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT MANY OF
THE NEXT 7 DAYS. AT THIS TIME THE GREATER CHANCES FOR
THUNDERSTORMS LOOK TO BE LATE MONDAY NIGHT...AND AGAIN TUESDAY.
CURRENTLY THE AREA IS IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER AGAIN
MONDAY NIGHT....WITH THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER UNCERTAIN AT
THIS TIME FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON AN ISOLATED BASIS TONIGHT.

KINNEY/REV

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
115 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0114 AM     FLASH FLOOD      INDIANOLA               41.36N 93.57W
07/28/2008                   WARREN             IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EVACUATING PORTION OF A TRAILER COURT CAUSED BY BACK UP
            OF SMALL CREEK THAT EMPTIES INTO MIDDLE RIVER.

&&

SMALL
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:23 AM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
123 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0115 AM     FLASH FLOOD      CHARITON                41.02N 93.31W
07/28/2008                   LUCAS              IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LUCAS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS COURT AVENUE IS
            CLOSED ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHARITON DUE TO 6 TO 8 INCHES
            OF WATER OVER THE ROAD. CARS WHICH ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE
            THROUGH THE WATER HAVE STALLED.

&&

LEE
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:26 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
126 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0120 AM     FLASH FLOOD      1 E CENTERVILLE         40.73N 92.86W
07/28/2008                   APPANOOSE          IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER FLOWING OVER THE HIGHWAY 2 EAST OF CENTERVILLE.

&&

MS JUL 08
Local storm report, Jul 28, 1:29 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
129 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0126 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 NNW ANKENY AIRPORT    41.74N 93.60W
07/28/2008  M4.88 INCH       POLK               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WATER STANDING OR LIGHTLY FLOWING THROUGH YARD
            APPROXIMATELY 15 BY 35 FEET AREA UP TO SIX INCHES DEEP.
            RAINFALL SINCE 4PM 4.88 INCHES.

&&

SMALL
Local storm report, Jul 28, 2:06 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
206 AM CDT MON JUL 28 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0203 AM     HAIL             WEST DES MOINES         41.57N 93.75W
07/28/2008  E1.00 INCH       POLK               IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

&&

MS JUL 08
Local storm report, Jul 28, 2:20 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 27, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello47 min
Jul 27, 7:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXAppanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello8 hr
Jul 27, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne10 min
Jul 27, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXAppanoose, Lucas, Monroe36 min
Jul 27, 8:00 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXMahaska38 hr
Jul 27, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Davis33 min
Jul 27, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Wayne46 min
Jul 27, 8:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXAppanoose44 hr
Jul 27, 8:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXAppanoose, Wayne44 hr
Jul 27, 9:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose31 min
Jul 27, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Hamilton, Story, Webster41 min
Jul 27, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Jasper, Polk, Story39 min
Jul 27, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Dallas, Polk, Story38 min
Jul 27, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Marion, Polk, Warren51 min
Jul 27, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska, Marion, Monroe49 min
Jul 27, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Webster40 min
Jul 27, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Jasper, Polk, Story48 min
Jul 27, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello45 min
Jul 27, 11:20 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXDallas, Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Polk, Warren4 hr
Jul 27, 11:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXLucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Warren47 min
Jul 27, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Dallas, Polk, Story37 min
Jul 27, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Marion, Polk, Warren30 min
Jul 27, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Lucas, Marion, Monroe36 min
Jul 27, 11:59 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXBoone, Greene, Story117 min
Jul 28, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke, Lucas38 min
Jul 28, 12:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Davis, Wayne27 min
Jul 28, 1:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison39 min
Jul 28, 1:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXAdair, Appanoose, Audubon, Carroll, Clarke, Dallas and 10 more6 hr
Jul 28, 1:46 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXAdair, Madison29 min
Jul 28, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke, Madison, Union45 min
Jul 28, 2:35 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXMahaska, Marion53 hr
Jul 28, 3:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke, Decatur23 min
Jul 28, 4:49 AM CDTTornado WarningDMXCarroll, Crawford41 min
Jul 28, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon, Carroll, Crawford44 min
Jul 28, 6:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCrawford, Sac42 min
Jul 28, 6:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon, Carroll, Crawford49 min
Jul 28, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCarroll, Crawford45 min
Jul 28, 6:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXWarren30 hr
Jul 28, 7:13 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXAdair, Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, Davis, Decatur and 8 more12 hr
Jul 28, 9:27 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXDecatur14 hr
Jul 28, 9:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXPolk43 hr
Jul 28, 9:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXDallas, Polk29 hr
Jul 28, 9:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXPolk48 hr
Jul 28, 9:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXPolk48 hr
Jul 28, 9:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXMadison, Warren4 days
Jul 28, 9:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXDallas, Guthrie19 hr
Jul 28, 1:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXMadison, Warren35 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.