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River Flood Warning 78, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 18, 2009Wapello County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 18, 2009, 1:34 PM CDT for Wapello County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 18, 2009, 3:15 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2009, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 18, 2009, 3:15 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 18, 2009, 6:06 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
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 18:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Des Moines River near Eddyville (EDYI4).

Action stage: 60 ft
Minor stage: 63 ft
Moderate stage: 68 ft
Major stage: 70 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05489200, 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 Jun 18, 12:45 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:45 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 9:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
952 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-
081>086-092>097-191000-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-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-
952 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL IOWA OVER THE
NEXT HOUR...WITH A POSSIBILITY OF A FEW OF THESE STORMS BECOMING
SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN IOWA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON OR EVENING HOURS. SEVERE
WEATHER COULD VERY WELL OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS AS WELL. IN
FACT...THERE IS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH A SEVERE
WEATHER OUTBREAK POSSIBLE. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND
TORNADOES MAY OCCUR WITH THE STRONGER STORMS.

ANY OF THE STORMS WILL ALSO BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINS AND POTENTIALLY FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY WITH SEVERE WEATHER
AGAIN QUITE POSSIBLE...MAINLY CENTRAL AND EASTERN SECTIONS WHERE A
MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING
WINDS AND A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY
OCCUR AS WELL.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES ARE IN THE FORECAST SUNDAY INTO
MONDAY...MAINLY NORTH AND WEST. THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IS
LOW FOR THE TIME BEING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CALL HAS BEEN SCHEDULED FOR 130
PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON. SEVERAL INSTANCES OF SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL
LIKELY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY. REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINS OR
FLOODING ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED...EVEN OUTSIDE OF
ACTIVATIONS FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

MJA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 11:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1132 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0248 AM     HAIL             2 NW KNOXVILLE AIRPORT  41.32N 93.13W
06/18/2009  E1.00 INCH       MARION             IA   PUBLIC

            DELAYED REPORT

&&

PODRAZIK

Local storm report, Jun 18, 11:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1145 AM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N COLFAX              41.73N 93.25W
06/18/2009                   JASPER             IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            TREE LIMBS DOWN...10 TO 12 INCHES IN DIAMETER.

&&

BF

Local storm report, Jun 18, 12:35 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1235 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1215 AM     TSTM WND DMG     LAKE VIEW               42.31N 95.05W
06/18/2009                   SAC                IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            MEDIUM SIZED TREE DOWN.

&&

BF

Local storm report, Jun 18, 12:57 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:05 PM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:23 PM CDT, 11 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
Jun 17, 9:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie	45 min
Jun 17, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison, Union	41 min
Jun 17, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie	45 min
Jun 17, 10:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren	37 min
Jun 17, 10:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Crawford	32 min
Jun 17, 10:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison	44 min
Jun 17, 10:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison	46 min
Jun 17, 11:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper	41 min
Jun 17, 11:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll, Crawford, Sac	46 min
Jun 17, 11:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Madison	48 min
Jun 17, 11:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Warren	35 min
Jun 18, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Sac	45 min
Jun 18, 12:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas, Madison, Warren	48 min
Jun 18, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Crawford, Sac	37 min
Jun 18, 12:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Sac	3 hr
Jun 18, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas	29 min
Jun 18, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Warren, Wayne	40 min
Jun 18, 12:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie, Sac	47 min
Jun 18, 12:59 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Lucas, Wayne	31 min
Jun 18, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Wapello	42 min
Jun 18, 1:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story	49 min
Jun 18, 1:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Marion, Warren	46 min
Jun 18, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Polk, Warren	23 min
Jun 18, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion	39 min
Jun 18, 2:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Monroe, Wapello	51 min
Jun 18, 2:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Warren	28 min
Jun 18, 5:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	5 days
Jun 18, 7:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster	36 min
Jun 18, 7:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Sac, Webster	41 min
Jun 18, 7:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas	36 min
Jun 18, 8:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright	42 min
Jun 18, 9:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Story	25 min
Jun 18, 10:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	10 hr
Jun 18, 12:35 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Wapello	11 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.