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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 11, 2010Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa

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, Mar 11, 5:25 AM CST, 5 hours 21 minutes before
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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 2:34 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDMXMadison, Warren34 hr
Mar 11, 9:49 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Cerro Gordo, Emmet and 14 more4 days
Mar 11, 10:46 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDMXHumboldt8 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2010Every 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.