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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2010, 10:46 AM CST for Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 11, 2010, 10:46 AM CST (16:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 11, 2010, 9:14 PM CST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Cedar Creek near Bussey (BSSI4).
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 25 ft
- Moderate stage
- 30 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05489000, 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 11, 5:44 AM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 11, 5:44 AM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 525 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010 IAZ004-015-023-033>035-044>048-057>061-070>075-081>086-092>097- 121200- EMMET-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-CRAWFORD-CARROLL- GREENE-BOONE-STORY-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-CASS-ADAIR- MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 525 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC THROUGH THE DAY AS ICE BREAKS UP ON AREA RIVERS. FLOODING WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO INCREASE. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT IN MANY AREAS. PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ICE JAMS AND FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW MELT ASSOCIATED WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES...AND ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FLOODING. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT IN SOME AREAS. PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING AND ICE JAMS ARE ENCOURAGED AND GREATLY APPRECIATED. IAZ005>007-016-017-024>028-036>039-049-050-062-121200- KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN- BUTLER-BREMER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-MARSHALL-TAMA- POWESHIEK- 525 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. ICE JAMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE PROBLEMATIC THROUGH THE DAY AS WELL AS ICE BREAKS UP ON AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. FLOODING WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO INCREASE. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT IN MANY AREAS. PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ICE JAMS AND FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK. THE COMBINATION OF SNOW MELT ASSOCIATED WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES...AND ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE FLOODING. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALREADY IN EFFECT IN MANY AREAS. PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED...HOWEVER ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING AND ICE JAMS ARE ENCOURAGED AND GREATLY APPRECIATED. COGIL
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 11, 7:23 AM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Mar 11, 9:59 AM CST, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 959 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010 IAZ007-016-017-024>028-034>039-045>050-057>062-070>075-082>086- 111900- WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-UNION-CLARKE- LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NORTHWOOD...GARNER...MASON CITY... HUMBOLDT...CLARION...HAMPTON...ALLISON...WAVERLY... ROCKWELL CITY...FORT DODGE...WEBSTER CITY...ELDORA... GRUNDY CENTER...WATERLOO...CARROLL...JEFFERSON...BOONE...AMES... MARSHALLTOWN...TOLEDO...AUDUBON...GUTHRIE CENTER...ADEL... DES MOINES...NEWTON...GRINNELL...ATLANTIC...GREENFIELD... WINTERSET...INDIANOLA...KNOXVILLE...OSKALOOSA...CRESTON... OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA 959 AM CST THU MAR 11 2010 AREAS OF FOG AND DRIZZLE WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE MORNING AND INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. VISIBILITY MAY BECOME REDUCED TO LESS THAN A HALF MILE AT TIMES...WITH SOME BRIEF SPOTS BECOMING REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF A MILE. EXPECT THE FOG AND DRIZZLE TO PERSIST OVER THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON BEFORE CONDITIONS SLOWLY IMPROVE. TRAVELERS ARE URGED TO EXERCISE CAUTION...ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH YOUR DESTINATION SAFELY. USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS AND ALLOW FOR EXTRA STOPPING DISTANCE AND EXTRA SPACE BETWEEN YOU AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU. KLP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 11, 2:34 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 34 hr |
| 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 |
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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.