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River Flood Warning 237, NWS Des Moines, IA

September 19, 2010Taylor County, Iowa

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.

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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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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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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.

&&

JH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 9:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXTaylor43 min
Sep 18, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXTaylor46 min
Sep 18, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Adams, Cass44 min
Sep 18, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXRinggold, Taylor44 min
Sep 18, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Polk42 min
Sep 18, 11:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Adams, Cass45 min
Sep 18, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXRinggold, Taylor45 min
Sep 19, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Adams, Union45 min
Sep 19, 12:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDecatur, Ringgold47 min
Sep 19, 12:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXAdams, Cass, Union6 hr
Sep 19, 1:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXClarke, Ringgold, Union44 min
Sep 19, 1:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXDecatur44 min
Sep 19, 1:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXCass39 min
Sep 19, 2:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXDecatur, Ringgold, Union, Wayne5 hr
Sep 19, 2:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdams, Taylor48 min
Sep 19, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdams, Ringgold, Taylor60 min
Sep 19, 2:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXAppanoose, Wayne16 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.