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River Flood Warning 237, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Sep 19, 2010, 9:02 AM CDT for Taylor County, Iowa. It took effect at Sep 19, 2010, 12:56 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2010, 9:02 AM CDT (14:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 19, 2010, 12:56 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2010, 12:34 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Taylor County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 East Fork 102 River at Bedford (BDFI4). The gauge peaked at 20.11 ft at Sep 19, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 19 ft
- Minor stage
- 24 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06819185, 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 Sep 19, 3:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 3:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 4:56 AM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 456 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010 IAZ039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-201100- BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON- GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN- MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 456 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY...BUT A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN INTERMITTENTLY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>038-201100- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY- 456 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS UNLIKELY...BUT A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN INTERMITTENTLY FROM LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. A FEW SEVERE STORMS AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE DURING THIS PERIOD. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. LEE
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 19, 4:17 AM CDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>Local storm report, Sep 19, 8:26 AM CDT, 36 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
826 AM CDT SUN SEP 19 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 AM HAIL 1 W MOUNT AYR 40.71N 94.25W
09/19/2010 M1.25 INCH RINGGOLD IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER ALSO REPORTS 6.97 INCHES OF RAINFALL ALONG WITH
THE HAIL.
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JHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 9:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 43 min |
| Sep 18, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Taylor | 46 min |
| Sep 18, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass | 44 min |
| Sep 18, 11:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 44 min |
| Sep 18, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Polk | 42 min |
| Sep 18, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Cass | 45 min |
| Sep 18, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 45 min |
| Sep 19, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Union | 45 min |
| Sep 19, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold | 47 min |
| Sep 19, 12:40 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adams, Cass, Union | 6 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Ringgold, Union | 44 min |
| Sep 19, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Decatur | 44 min |
| Sep 19, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cass | 39 min |
| Sep 19, 2:17 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Decatur, Ringgold, Union, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Taylor | 48 min |
| Sep 19, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor | 60 min |
| Sep 19, 2:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 16 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.