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River Flood Warning 115, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 19, 2010Wright County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 19, 2010, 8:17 AM CDT for Wright County, Iowa. It was in force for 49 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 19, 2010, 8:17 AM CDT (13:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 21, 2010, 9:45 AM CDT
In force: 49 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

County Wright County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Iowa River near Rowan (ROWI4). The gauge peaked at 11.57 ft at Jun 19, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 12.5 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05449500, 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 19, 6:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 7:50 AM CDT, 27 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Marion	6 hr
Jun 18, 7:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Clarke, Union	4 hr
Jun 18, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek	40 min
Jun 18, 7:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne	24 min
Jun 18, 7:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne	39 min
Jun 18, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne	49 min
Jun 18, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	31 min
Jun 18, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne	16 min
Jun 18, 8:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne	53 min
Jun 18, 8:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Decatur, Wayne	3 hr
Jun 18, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis	6 hr
Jun 18, 8:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Boone, Hamilton, Webster	19 days
Jun 18, 8:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	3 days
Jun 18, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Wayne	44 min
Jun 18, 10:27 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Wayne	3 hr
Jun 18, 11:38 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	17 hr
Jun 19, 4:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 38 more	54 hr
Jun 19, 4:03 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Cass and 25 more	4 hr
Jun 19, 4:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Wapello	79 days
Jun 19, 4:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Wapello	80 days
Jun 19, 9:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	25 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2010 Every 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.