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River Flood Warning 108, NWS Des Moines, IA
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.
- 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 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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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Cass, Clarke and 18 more | 13 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth | 40 min |
| Jun 17, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 36 min |
| Jun 17, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Palo Alto | 30 min |
| Jun 17, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Winnebago | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Winnebago | 28 min |
| Jun 17, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 11 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.