River Flood Warning 222, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Dec 29, 2008, 8:19 PM CST (02:19 UTC)

Expired

Dec 30, 2008, 9:24 AM CST

In force

13 hr

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Flood severity

Minor

County Polk County, IA

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 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.

Written for the forecast point Raccoon River at Des Moines Fleur Dr (DEMI4).

Action stage

8 ft

Minor stage

12 ft

Moderate stage

16 ft

Major stage

25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05484900, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

NWS Des Moines, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Dec 29, 6:00 PM CST, 2 hours 19 minutes earlier.

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

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.