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River Flood Warning 93, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Oct 26, 2009, 8:35 AM CDT for Humboldt County, Kossuth County, Iowa. It was in force for 59 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 26, 2009, 8:35 AM CDT (13:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 28, 2009, 7:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:32 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 East Fork Des Moines River near Algona (AGNI4). The gauge peaked at 14.31 ft at Oct 27, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 22 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05478265, 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.