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River Flood Warning 212, NWS Des Moines, IA

September 13, 2008Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Sep 13, 2008, 6:18 AM CDT for Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa. It took effect at Sep 13, 2008, 8:18 AM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 13, 2008, 6:18 AM CDT (11:18 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 13, 2008, 8:18 AM CDT
Expired: Sep 14, 2008, 6:15 AM CDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cedar Creek near Bussey (BSSI4). The gauge peaked at 19.95 ft at Sep 13, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05489000, 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 13, 3:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 13, 3:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 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, 8:17 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas	4 days
Sep 12, 9:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Marion, Warren	119 min
Sep 12, 11:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas	2 hr
Sep 13, 12:07 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Taylor	6 hr
Sep 13, 2:54 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Davis	6 hr
Sep 13, 8:47 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Davis	11 hr
Sep 13, 8:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas	11 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.