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River Flood Warning 188, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 23, 2010Webster County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 23, 2010, 6:33 AM CDT for Webster County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 23, 2010, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 23, 2010, 6:33 AM CDT (11:33 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 23, 2010, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 24, 2010, 8:40 PM CDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

County Webster County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Des Moines River at Fort Dodge (FODI4). The gauge peaked at 11.22 ft at Jul 23, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10.5 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05480500, 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 23, 6:24 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 6:24 AM CDT, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 4:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 23, 5:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 23, 5:59 AM CDT, 34 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
Jul 22, 9:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DMX	Black Hawk, Butler, Grundy	3 hr
Jul 23, 1:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy	6 hr
Jul 23, 4:01 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DMX	Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Davis, Decatur, Lucas and 10 more	10 hr
Jul 23, 4:06 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 35 more	27 hr
Jul 23, 4:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster	6 hr
Jul 23, 4:48 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright	6 hr
Jul 23, 6:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy	24 hr
Jul 23, 10:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Sac	24 hr
Jul 23, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Marshall	4 days
Jul 23, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	3 days
Jul 23, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	35 hr
Jul 23, 10:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler	5 days
Jul 23, 10:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Wright	24 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.