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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA

January 23, 2010Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jan 23, 2010, 9:21 PM CST for Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa. It took effect at Jan 23, 2010, 11:43 PM CST. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 23, 2010, 9:21 PM CST (03:21 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 23, 2010, 11:43 PM CST
Expired
Jan 24, 2010, 9:40 PM CST
In force
22 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Cedar Creek near Bussey (BSSI4). The gauge peaked at 19.35 ft at Jan 24, 2010, 1:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
16 ft
Minor stage
25 ft
Moderate stage
30 ft
Major stage
32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05489000, 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 Jan 23, 6:51 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 23, 6:51 PM CST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 23, 9:05 PM CST, 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
905 PM CST SAT JAN 23 2010

IAZ005>007-016-017-024>028-035>039-047>050-060>062-073>075-084>086-
095>097-241200-
KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-
BUTLER-BREMER-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-
MARSHALL-TAMA-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-
MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
905 PM CST SAT JAN 23 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THE LATE EVENING AND
EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH CONDITIONS IMPROVING FROM WEST TO EAST
BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 400 AM.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND
LAST THROUGH MONDAY. GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY.
AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW...POSSIBLY UP TO TWO INCHES NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 20...IS EXPECTED BEFORE THIS TIME. REDUCED VISIBILITIES
DUE TO BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY ACROSS
THE NORTH. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND STRUCTURES WEAKENED BY
PREVIOUS FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO RESULT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT REPORTS OF ADVERSE
WINTER CONDITIONS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE APPRECIATED AND ENCOURAGED.

IAZ004-015-023-033-034-044>046-057>059-070>072-081>083-092>094-
241200-
EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-
RINGGOLD-DECATUR-
905 PM CST SAT JAN 23 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
WESTERN IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

VERY STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT AND
LAST THROUGH MONDAY. GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON MONDAY.
AROUND AN INCH OF SNOW...POSSIBLY UP TO TWO INCHES NORTH OF
HIGHWAY 20...IS EXPECTED BEFORE THIS TIME. REDUCED VISIBILITIES
DUE TO BLOWING SNOW ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY ACROSS
THE NORTH. ADDITIONAL DAMAGE TO TREES AND STRUCTURES WEAKENED BY
PREVIOUS FREEZING RAIN MAY ALSO RESULT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...BUT REPORTS OF ADVERSE
WINTER CONDITIONS AND BLOWING SNOW ARE APPRECIATED AND ENCOURAGED.

SMALL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 23, 8:24 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryDMXWapello6 hr
Jan 24, 6:19 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDMXWapello14 hr
Jan 24, 3:28 PM CSTWind AdvisoryDMXAdair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 29 more33 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.