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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2009, 9:36 AM CDT for Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa. It was in force for 14 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 10, 2009, 9:36 AM CDT (14:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2009, 11:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 14 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 14:37 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).
- 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 Mar 10, 7:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 7:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 455 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>026-033>037-044>048-057>060-070-071-081- 082-092-093-111000- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON- HARDIN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS- POLK-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-UNION-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- 455 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WEST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS CLOSE TO 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF THE AREA DURING THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. IAZ027-028-038-039-049-050-061-062-072>075-083>086-094>097-111000- BUTLER-BREMER-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA-JASPER-POWESHIEK- MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR- WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 455 AM CDT TUE MAR 10 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. WEST NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO SUSTAINED SPEEDS BETWEEN 25 AND 35 MPH WITH GUSTS CLOSE TO 45 MPH LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED FOR ALL OR A PORTION OF THE AREA DURING THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MOYER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Mar 10, 7:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 3:02 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Decatur | 11 hr |
| Mar 10, 5:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 14 hr |
| Mar 10, 7:47 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 10 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:19 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 11 hr |
| Mar 10, 9:25 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Clarke and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:09 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Wapello | 4 days |
| Mar 10, 3:39 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin and 17 more | 15 hr |
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.