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River Flood Warning 197, NWS Des Moines, IA
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.
- 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 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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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Madison | 42 min |
| Jul 23, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 40 min |
| Jul 23, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Warren | 41 min |
| Jul 23, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Madison | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 8:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 13 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marion, Polk | 24 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:48 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 13 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Marion, Warren | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 9:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Warren | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Marion | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 10:46 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 11 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth, Palo Alto | 47 min |
| Jul 24, 1:20 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin | 6 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:49 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Worth | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 7:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer | 8 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:23 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 7 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.