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River Flood Warning 108, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 17, 2010Polk County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 17, 2010, 11:20 AM CDT for Polk County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 17, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2010, 11:20 AM CDT (16:20 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 17, 2010, 6:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 11, 2010, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
24 days
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity
Minor

County Polk County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:21 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 Des Moines River at Des Moines SE 6th St (DESI4). The gauge peaked at 29.82 ft at Jul 2, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
20 ft
Minor stage
24 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05485500, 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 Jun 17, 7:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 7:39 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 9:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
930 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033>035-044>046-057-058-070-071-081-092-
181430-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-TAYLOR-
930 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWEST IOWA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE QUITE
LIKELY FROM LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING WITH LARGE HAIL AND
HIGH WINDS POSSIBLE. TORNADOES MAY ALSO OCCUR THROUGH EARLY
EVENING. BEFORE THAT TIME...ISOLATED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
MAY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. PLEASE
REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A FEW
OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...HOWEVER THE GREATEST THREAT IS FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL. HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS MOST LIKELY BETWEEN SATURDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...WHEN SEVERAL INCHES MAY FALL IN SOME AREAS.

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. PLEASE
REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY BETWEEN 400 PM AND MIDNIGHT. AN
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE HELD AT 100 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.

IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-036>039-047>050-059>062-072>075-082>086-
093>097-181430-
WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-
HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-DALLAS-
POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE-
LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
930 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE QUITE LIKELY THIS
EVENING INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS WITH LARGE HAIL AND HIGH
WINDS POSSIBLE. AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
MIDNIGHT. SCATTERED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS
MORNING.

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA.
PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE PERIOD. A FEW
OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...HOWEVER THE GREATEST THREAT IS FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL. HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS MOST LIKELY BETWEEN SATURDAY
NIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...WHEN SEVERAL INCHES MAY FALL IN SOME AREAS.

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. PLEASE
REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE CALL WILL BE HELD AT 100 PM
THIS AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL.

JUNGBLUTH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 2:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDMXAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 18 more13 hr
Jun 17, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXEmmet, Kossuth40 min
Jun 17, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth36 min
Jun 17, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth, Palo Alto30 min
Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth, Winnebago47 min
Jun 17, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth, Winnebago28 min
Jun 17, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXKossuth11 min

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.