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River Flood Warning 238, NWS Des Moines, IA

September 19, 2010Appanoose County, Wayne County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Sep 19, 2010, 2:09 PM CDT for Appanoose County, Wayne County, Iowa. It was in force for 16 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 19, 2010, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired: Sep 20, 2010, 6:08 AM CDT
In force: 16 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Appanoose County, IA, Wayne County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Fork Chariton River near Promise City (PRMI4). The gauge peaked at 18.82 ft at Sep 19, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 22 ft
Minor stage: 25 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 31 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06903700, 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, 12:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 12:43 PM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 4:56 AM CDT, 9 hours 13 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, 8:26 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 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

Local storm report, Sep 19, 1:47 PM CDT, 22 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
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, 9:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Taylor	4 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.