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River Flood Warning 197, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 24, 2010Madison County, Warren County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 24, 2010, 4:43 AM CDT for Madison County, Warren County, Iowa. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2010, 4:43 AM CDT (09:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2010, 9:23 AM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Madison County, IA, Warren County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Middle River near Indianola (IDNI4). The gauge peaked at 10.55 ft at Jul 25, 2010, 12:00 AM CDT.

actionminormoderate10152025
Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
23 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05486490, 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 24, 3:45 AM CDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 3:45 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 3:56 PM CDT, 12 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
356 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-058>062-072>075-084>086-
096-097-241100-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-
BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-
MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
356 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A LARGE PORTION OF CENTRAL
IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 80S CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. LATER THIS EVENING AND
OVERNIGHT...WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED. HEAVY RAINFALL
IS LIKELY WITH THE STORMS AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. THERE IS
ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND THE MAIN THREAT.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA AS WELL AS A HANDFUL
OF RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN TO THE FORECAST FROM MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.   THE SEVERE POTENTIAL REMAINS UNCERTAIN AT
THIS TIME AND WILL BE BETTER ASSESSED EARLY NEXT WEEK.  HOWEVER ANY
STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL ONCE AGAIN HAVE
THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER
NORTHERN IOWA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAYBE NEEDED LATER TONIGHT. REPORTS OF HEAVY
RAIN AND FLOODING ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED.

IAZ057-070-071-081>083-092>095-241100-
AUDUBON-CASS-ADAIR-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-
356 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA
MAINLY OVER THE FAR SOUTHWEST.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THEN
OVERNIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...SOME MAY PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL. THERE IS ALSO A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS
TONIGHT WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS BEING THE MAIN THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

LOW CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST FROM MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.   THE SEVERE POTENTIAL REMAINS
UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME AND WILL BE BETTER ASSESSED EARLY NEXT WEEK.
HOWEVER ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP DURING THIS TIME PERIOD WILL ONCE
AGAIN HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAYBE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT.  REPORTS OF HEAVY
RAIN AND FLOODING ARE ALWAYS ENCOURAGED AND APPRECIATED.

FAB/BSS

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 12:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1227 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

IAZ023-024-033>035-044-045-240700-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...POCAHONTAS...HUMBOLDT...SAC CITY...
ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...DENISON...CARROLL
1227 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THROUGH 2 AM
CDT. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINFALL...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH.

MJB
Local storm report, Jul 24, 1:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas, Madison42 min
Jul 23, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDallas, Polk40 min
Jul 23, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXWarren41 min
Jul 23, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMadison47 min
Jul 23, 8:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXPolk, Story13 hr
Jul 23, 8:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXJasper, Marion, Polk24 hr
Jul 23, 8:48 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXMahaska13 hr
Jul 23, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMarion, Warren49 min
Jul 23, 9:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXWarren3 hr
Jul 23, 9:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXMarion2 hr
Jul 23, 10:46 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXMadison, Warren11 hr
Jul 23, 11:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXEmmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto47 min
Jul 24, 1:20 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin6 hr
Jul 24, 1:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryDMXCerro Gordo, Worth3 hr
Jul 24, 2:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy46 min
Jul 24, 7:16 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer8 hr
Jul 24, 9:23 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXPolk7 days

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.