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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA

February 8, 2009Mahaska County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Feb 8, 2009, 6:46 AM CST for Mahaska County, Iowa. It took effect at Feb 8, 2009, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 8, 2009, 6:46 AM CST (12:46 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 8, 2009, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Feb 13, 2009, 9:22 AM CST
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity
Minor

County Mahaska County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 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 South Skunk River near Oskaloosa (OOAI4).

Action stage
18 ft
Minor stage
24.5 ft
Moderate stage
28.5 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05471500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2009Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.