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River Flood Warning 142, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 26, 2010Jasper County, Marion County, Polk County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 26, 2010, 4:22 PM CDT for Jasper County, Marion County, Polk County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 27, 2010, 9:34 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2010, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 27, 2010, 9:34 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 26, 2010, 8:50 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jasper County, IA, Marion County, IA, Polk County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Skunk River at Colfax (CFXI4).

Action stage: 15 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05471050, 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 26, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 2:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 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 25, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth	66 min
Jun 25, 8:39 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Worth	39 min
Jun 25, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Butler, Cerro Gordo, Franklin	49 min
Jun 25, 9:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more	49 min
Jun 25, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Emmet, Palo Alto	67 min
Jun 25, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler	47 min
Jun 25, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt and 2 more	43 min
Jun 25, 10:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Wright	24 min
Jun 25, 10:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Wright	12 min
Jun 25, 10:17 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Butler, Franklin, Wright	6 hr
Jun 25, 10:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy	40 min
Jun 25, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Emmet, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas and 2 more	53 min
Jun 25, 10:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story and 2 more	50 min
Jun 25, 11:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Emmet	13 days
Jun 25, 11:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Emmet, Palo Alto	6 hr
Jun 25, 11:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Polk, Story	57 min
Jun 25, 11:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto	3 hr
Jun 25, 11:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Palo Alto, Pocahontas, Sac	60 min
Jun 26, 12:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster	6 hr
Jun 26, 12:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster, Wright	40 min
Jun 26, 12:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas	60 min
Jun 26, 1:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello	37 min
Jun 26, 3:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Palo Alto	38 min
Jun 26, 3:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	28 hr
Jun 26, 4:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas	60 min
Jun 26, 5:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Webster	7 days
Jun 26, 5:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Palo Alto	4 days
Jun 26, 5:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	23 min
Jun 26, 6:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Humboldt	12 hr
Jun 26, 6:34 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska	6 days
Jun 26, 7:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Palo Alto	12 hr
Jun 26, 9:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	5 hr
Jun 26, 4:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Marshall	5 days

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.