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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 11, 2010Madison County, Warren County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2010, 2:34 AM CST for Madison County, Warren County, Iowa. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 11, 2010, 2:34 AM CST (08:34 UTC)
Expired: Mar 12, 2010, 12:37 PM CST
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Madison County, IA, Warren County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Middle River near Indianola (IDNI4). The gauge peaked at 21.37 ft at Mar 11, 2010, 1:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05486490, 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, 11:42 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 11:42 PM CST, 2 hours 52 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 11, 9:49 AM CST	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 14 more	4 days
Mar 11, 10:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Humboldt	8 days
Mar 11, 10:46 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	10 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.