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River Flood Warning 34, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 24, 2009Madison County, Warren County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2009, 3:38 PM CDT for Madison County, Warren County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 24, 2009, 10:06 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2009, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 24, 2009, 10:06 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 24, 2009, 9:22 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Madison County, IA, Warren County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North River near Norwalk (NRWI4).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05486000, 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 24, 10:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 10:44 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 23, 8:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Adams, Cass	27 min
Mar 23, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison, Union	23 min
Mar 23, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison, Polk	31 min
Mar 23, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren	32 min
Mar 24, 3:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Taylor	7 hr
Mar 24, 8:43 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas	3 days
Mar 24, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Wapello	48 hr
Mar 24, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Wapello	5 days
Mar 24, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska	3 days
Mar 24, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Decatur	29 hr
Mar 24, 10:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	23 hr
Mar 24, 2:56 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Marion	6 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2009 Every 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.