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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Des Moines, IA
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.
- 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 8:24 PM CST | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Wapello | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 6:19 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Wapello | 14 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:28 PM CST | Wind Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 29 more | 33 hr |
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.