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River Flood Warning 243, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Sep 23, 2010, 10:24 AM CDT for Wapello County, Iowa. It took effect at Sep 24, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 23, 2010, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 24, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 23, 2010, 6:58 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Wapello County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Des Moines River at Ottumwa (OTMI4). The gauge peaked at 11.85 ft at Sep 24, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05489500, 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, 15 hours 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 6:49 PM CDT, 15 hours 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| 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 | Emmet | 27 days |
| 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 |
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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.