Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Watches in 2009
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood watch at Feb 12, 2009, 9:57 AM CST for Webster County, Iowa. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 12, 2009, 9:57 AM CST (15:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 14, 2009, 10:26 AM CST
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- None
County Webster County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Feb 12, 5:45 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 12, 5:45 AM CST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 12, 8:35 AM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 835 AM CST THU FEB 12 2009 IAZ044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-131200- 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- 835 AM CST THU FEB 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE RACCOON AND SOUTH SKUNK RIVERS. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOW WILL DEVELOP FRIDAY AND END FROM WEST TO EAST FRIDAY NIGHT. MODERATE TO HEAVY ACCUMULATIONS ARE FORECAST. SOME THUNDER MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE SNOW PRODUCING LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS. A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED...HOWEVER REPORTS OF SNOWFALL WOULD BE APPRECIATED. IAZ027-039-131200- BUTLER-BLACK HAWK- 835 AM CST THU FEB 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR BEAVER CREEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-028-033>038-131200- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER- HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY- 835 AM CST THU FEB 12 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. CC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 9:30 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Butler | 31 hr |
| Feb 11, 9:56 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Tama | 12 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Iowa, 2009Every flash flood watch in 2009
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.