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River Flood Warning 240, NWS Des Moines, IA

September 23, 2010Emmet County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Sep 23, 2010, 9:20 AM CDT for Emmet County, Iowa. It took effect at Sep 23, 2010, 6:15 PM CDT. It was in force for 26 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 23, 2010, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 23, 2010, 6:15 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 20, 2010, 2:55 AM CDT
In force: 26 days
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Moderate

County Emmet County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point West Fork Des Moines River at Estherville (ESVI4). The gauge peaked at 14.43 ft at Sep 26, 2010, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 14.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05476500, 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 22, 6:49 PM CDT, 14 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 6:49 PM CDT, 14 hours 31 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 22, 10:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto and 3 more	18 hr
Sep 23, 9:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Palo Alto	18 days
Sep 23, 9:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Humboldt	23 days
Sep 23, 10:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Wapello	9 hr

Nearby

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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.