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River Flood Warning 180, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 20, 2010, 2:07 PM CDT for Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 20, 2010, 4:31 PM CDT. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2010, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 20, 2010, 4:31 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2010, 12:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 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 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Cedar Creek near Bussey (BSSI4). The gauge peaked at 23.48 ft at Jul 21, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT.
- 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 Jul 20, 12:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 12:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 19, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Wapello | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Decatur, Wayne | 29 min |
| Jul 20, 12:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Madison, Warren | 53 min |
| Jul 20, 3:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Madison, Monroe, Union, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Union | 47 min |
| Jul 20, 4:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose | 49 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:38 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 36 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas, Wayne | 35 hr |
| Jul 20, 7:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 12 hr |
| Jul 20, 9:21 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Madison, Monroe, Union, Warren | 12 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Warren | 5 hr |
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.