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River Flood Warning 201, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Aug 2, 2010, 10:24 PM CDT for Dallas County, Greene County, Iowa. It took effect at Aug 3, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 63 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2010, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 3, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2010, 11:36 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Dallas County, IA, Greene County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 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 North Raccoon River near Perry (PROI4).
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Aug 2, 9:38 PM CDT, 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 9:38 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 3:37 PM CDT, 6 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 337 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2010 IAZ023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-085-086-032045- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO- 337 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED FOR TONIGHT. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS LIKELY...WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 4 INCHES. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...BUT THE MAIN THREAT IS INTENSE RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. ISOLATED STORMS MAY PRODUCE HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR TONIGHT. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST SATURDAY NIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. SEVERE POTENTIAL IS LOW ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...HEAT INDICES WILL HOVER NEAR 100 DEGREES TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT...AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT. IAZ081>084-092>097-032045- ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE- DAVIS- 337 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. ISOLATED STORMS MAY PRODUCE HIGH WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WITH LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY MORNING AND AGAIN TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THUNDERSTORMS RETURN TO THE FORECAST SATURDAY NIGHT. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT WITH HIGH WINDS THE PRIMARY THREAT. SEVERE POTENTIAL IS LOW ON BOTH WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. IN ADDITION...HEAT INDICES WILL BE IN THE 100 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TODAY INTO TONIGHT...AND AGAIN LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY EVENING. IAZ004>007-015>017-032045- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- 337 PM CDT MON AUG 2 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TONIGHT. ISOLATED STORMS COULD PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...AND MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL OR WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...AND AGAIN ABOUT SATURDAY NIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. JOHNSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 12:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Guthrie | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 1:30 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Marshall, Polk and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Mahaska, Poweshiek | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:44 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, Davis and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 49 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 67 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 67 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.