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River Flood Warning 200, NWS Des Moines, IA

July 30, 2010Boone County, Hamilton County, Webster County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 30, 2010, 9:42 PM CDT for Boone County, Hamilton County, Webster County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 31, 2010, 4:01 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 2010, 9:42 PM CDT (02:42 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 31, 2010, 4:01 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 1, 2010, 10:04 AM CDT
In force
30 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Boone County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Webster County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Des Moines River near Stratford (STRI4). The gauge peaked at 15.02 ft at Jul 31, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
19 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05481300, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 11:52 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryDMXAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 38 more9 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.