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River Flood Warning 224, NWS Des Moines, IA

August 10, 2010Story County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Aug 10, 2010, 9:45 AM CDT for Story County, Iowa. It took effect at Aug 10, 2010, 9:52 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2010, 9:45 AM CDT (14:45 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 10, 2010, 9:52 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 13, 2010, 11:02 AM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

County Story County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Ioway Creek at Ames Lincoln Way (AMWI4). The gauge peaked at 18.13 ft at Aug 11, 2010, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 15.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05470500, 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 10, 6:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 6:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 6:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 10, 5:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 7:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 8:27 AM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 8:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 10, 8:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 12:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Polk	6 hr
Aug 10, 1:10 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren	6 hr
Aug 10, 2:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek, Warren	6 hr
Aug 10, 2:54 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	19 hr
Aug 10, 3:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	12 hr
Aug 10, 3:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	12 hr
Aug 10, 3:29 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama	6 hr
Aug 10, 3:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Pocahontas, Sac, Webster	6 hr
Aug 10, 4:09 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	DMX	Appanoose, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun and 35 more	63 hr
Aug 10, 6:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie, Jasper, Marion and 2 more	6 hr
Aug 10, 9:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Boone, Story	12 hr
Aug 10, 9:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama	12 hr
Aug 10, 10:00 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Calhoun	12 hr
Aug 10, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac	41 min
Aug 10, 3:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Dallas, Franklin and 15 more	12 hr
Aug 10, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster	45 min
Aug 10, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Humboldt, Webster, Wright	43 min
Aug 10, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright	43 min
Aug 10, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Webster	42 min
Aug 10, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac	43 min
Aug 10, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Webster	50 min
Aug 10, 6:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Pocahontas, Sac	6 hr
Aug 10, 6:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Story	52 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2010 Every 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.