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River Flood Warning 84, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 4, 2009Lucas County, Wayne County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 4, 2009, 1:10 PM CDT for Lucas County, Wayne County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 5, 2009, 4:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2009, 1:10 PM CDT (18:10 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 5, 2009, 4:45 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2009, 3:28 PM CDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lucas County, IA, Wayne County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Chariton River near Chariton (CHTI4). The gauge peaked at 16.33 ft at Jul 5, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 16 ft
Minor stage: 19.5 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 29 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06903400, 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 Jul 4, 12:43 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 12:43 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 4, 4:42 AM CDT, 8 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
442 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

IAZ026>028-034>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-050945-
FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-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-
442 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING.
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING COULD RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING IN
URBAN AREAS AND NEAR STREAMS OR LOW LYING AREAS...MAINLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 80.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING NORTHWEST OF AMES. THERE IS A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...THEN AGAIN ON FRIDAY. THE CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>025-033-050945-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-
442 AM CDT SAT JUL 4 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AT
THIS TIME...THE CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS LOW UNTIL
THURSDAY WHEN CONDITIONS MAY BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MOYER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 4, 7:47 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
747 AM CDT SAT JUL 04 2009

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

0747 AM     HEAVY RAIN       LORIMOR                 41.13N 94.06W
07/04/2009  M4.15 INCH       UNION              IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

JH

Local storm report, Jul 4, 8:16 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
816 AM CDT SAT JUL 04 2009

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

0814 AM     HEAVY RAIN       6 NW PROMISE CITY       40.81N 93.23W
07/04/2009  M4.74 INCH       WAYNE              IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            RAINFALL AMOUNT IS 24 HOUR ACCUMULATION ENDING AT 7AM.
            ANOTHER 0.25 INCHES HAS FALLEN SINCE THEN.

&&

JH

Local storm report, Jul 4, 9:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 10:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 4, 11:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 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
Jul 4, 2:31 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Cass	6 hr
Jul 4, 4:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Clarke, Madison, Union	6 hr
Jul 4, 5:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Wayne	6 hr
Jul 4, 8:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Decatur	43 hr
Jul 4, 8:52 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	27 hr
Jul 4, 11:17 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Madison, Union and 1 more	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.