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River Flood Warning 198, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 24, 2010, 9:23 AM CDT for Polk County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 26, 2010, 4:19 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2010, 9:23 AM CDT (14:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 26, 2010, 4:19 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2010, 9:50 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Polk County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Raccoon River at Des Moines Fleur Dr (DEMI4). The gauge peaked at 13.31 ft at Jul 28, 2010, 11:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05484900, 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, 6:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 6:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 23 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 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, 4:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 5 hr |
| Jul 24, 7:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer | 8 hr |
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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.