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River Flood Warning 90, NWS Des Moines, IA

October 22, 2009Lucas County, Wayne County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Oct 22, 2009, 5:32 PM CDT for Lucas County, Wayne County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 22, 2009, 9:14 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 22, 2009, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 22, 2009, 9:14 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 24, 2009, 3:52 AM CDT
In force
31 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 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Chariton River near Chariton (CHTI4).

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 Oct 22, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 22, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
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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.