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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2009, 7:44 AM CDT for Wapello County, Iowa. It was in force for 7 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2009, 7:44 AM CDT (12:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2009, 8:13 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 days
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Wapello County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:50 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 Des Moines River at Ottumwa (OTMI4). The gauge peaked at 10.70 ft at Mar 15, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05489500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
Nearby
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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.