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River Flood Warning 232, NWS Des Moines, IA

August 11, 2010Greene County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Aug 11, 2010, 11:16 AM CDT for Greene County, Iowa. It took effect at Aug 13, 2010, 11:36 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2010, 11:16 AM CDT (16:16 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 13, 2010, 11:36 PM CDT
Expired: Aug 13, 2010, 8:05 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

County Greene County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point North Raccoon River near Jefferson (EFWI4). The gauge peaked at 17.44 ft at Aug 13, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 21 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05482500, 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 11, 6:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 6:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 6:19 AM CDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 11, 6:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 11, 7:31 AM CDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 11, 7:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 11, 8:07 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 11, 9:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 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, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright	6 hr
Aug 10, 7:40 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Boone, Hamilton, Webster	3 days
Aug 10, 7:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin	6 hr
Aug 10, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Sac, Webster	29 min
Aug 10, 8:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Boone, Greene, Marshall, Story	6 hr
Aug 10, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Greene, Hamilton, Story, Webster	47 min
Aug 10, 9:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Tama	6 hr
Aug 10, 9:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	5 days
Aug 10, 10:21 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning Emergency	DMX	Dallas, Jasper, Polk, Poweshiek	6 hr
Aug 10, 10:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Polk, Story	43 min
Aug 10, 11:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	35 hr
Aug 10, 11:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Cass	51 min
Aug 10, 11:33 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion, Warren	6 hr
Aug 10, 11:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison	51 min
Aug 11, 12:16 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison	3 hr
Aug 11, 12:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Polk, Story	46 min
Aug 11, 12:49 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Calhoun, Sac	13 hr
Aug 11, 12:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Humboldt, Webster, Wright	24 hr
Aug 11, 1:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Polk	40 min
Aug 11, 2:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello	4 hr
Aug 11, 2:46 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Boone, Greene, Marshall, Story	24 hr
Aug 11, 2:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	9 hr
Aug 11, 2:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	13 hr
Aug 11, 4:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Jasper, Polk	24 hr
Aug 11, 5:41 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion, Warren	6 hr
Aug 11, 5:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	41 hr
Aug 11, 11:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	36 hr
Aug 11, 2:41 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Greene	12 hr
Aug 11, 4:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Marshall	36 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.