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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood watch at Mar 15, 2010, 10:42 AM CDT for 5 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 56 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 15, 2010, 10:42 AM CDT (15:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Emmet County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Mar 15, 9:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 15, 9:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 8:42 PM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:20 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 26 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:54 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Tama | 24 hr |
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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.