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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 13, 2010, 10:36 PM CST for Black Hawk County, Bremer County, Butler County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 14, 2010, 1:00 AM CST. It was in force for 43 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2010, 10:36 PM CST (04:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2010, 1:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2010, 9:10 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Cedar River at Janesville (JANI4). The gauge peaked at 11.76 ft at Mar 14, 2010, 3:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 18 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05458500, 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, 5:41 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 5:41 PM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 5:10 AM CST, 17 hours 26 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 13, 7:42 PM CST, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 9:54 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Tama | 6 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Tama | 24 hr |
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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.