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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 10, 2010Emmet County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2010, 1:04 PM CST for Emmet County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 14, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2010, 1:04 PM CST (19:04 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 14, 2010, 9:33 AM CDT
In force: 31 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 19:03 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 12.25 ft at Mar 23, 2010, 5:00 PM 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 Mar 10, 12:10 PM CST, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 12:10 PM CST, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 12:28 PM CST, 36 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 10, 7:17 AM CST, 5 hours 47 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
Mar 9, 8:53 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas, Wayne	61 hr
Mar 9, 11:07 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	46 hr
Mar 10, 6:58 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	6 hr
Mar 10, 11:58 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler	39 hr
Mar 10, 1:04 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Palo Alto	24 days
Mar 10, 2:44 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Story	3 days
Mar 10, 3:00 PM CST	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Story	19 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.