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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 13, 2010Wapello County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2010, 11:21 AM CST for Wapello County, Iowa. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2010, 11:21 AM CST (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2010, 5:29 PM CDT
In force: 29 hr
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 17:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Des Moines River at Ottumwa (OTMI4). The gauge peaked at 11.71 ft at Mar 13, 2010, 11:00 PM CST.

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 Mar 13, 5:32 AM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 5:32 AM CST, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 5:10 AM CST, 6 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
510 AM CST SAT MAR 13 2010

IAZ044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-141200-
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-
DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-
MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
510 AM CST SAT MAR 13 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH SATURDAY...ESPECIALLY IN RIVER
BASINS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT IN
MANY AREAS. PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR
DETAILS. LOCALLY DENSE FOG IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

FLOODING WILL PERSIST INTO NEXT WEEK AS SNOW MELT CONTINUES AND
RUNOFF FLOWS INTO RIVERS. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE 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.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-141200-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-
510 AM CST SAT MAR 13 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ICE JAMS REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT AND FLOODING WILL ALSO
CONTINUE TO INCREASE. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND FLOOD WARNINGS ARE
IN EFFECT FOR MANY AREAS. PLEASE SEE OUR WEBSITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR DETAILS. LOCALLY DENSE FOG IS ALSO
POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS MUCH OF THE AREA INTO NEXT
WEEK. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE 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.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 8:26 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Wapello	42 days
Mar 12, 10:34 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Cerro Gordo	6 hr
Mar 12, 11:36 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Webster	6 hr
Mar 13, 7:57 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DMX	Bremer	3 days
Mar 13, 1:58 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Webster	4 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.