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River Flood Warning 209, NWS Des Moines, IA

September 12, 2008Appanoose County, Wayne County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Sep 12, 2008, 2:14 PM CDT for Appanoose County, Wayne County, Iowa. It took effect at Sep 12, 2008, 11:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 12, 2008, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 12, 2008, 11:20 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 13, 2008, 8:31 PM CDT
In force: 21 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Appanoose County, IA, Wayne County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Chariton River near Promise City (PRMI4). The gauge peaked at 18.78 ft at Sep 13, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06903700, 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 Sep 12, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 12:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 12, 3:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur and 16 more	32 hr
Sep 12, 6:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Mahaska and 7 more	5 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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.