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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2010, 9:17 PM CDT for Wapello County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 25, 2010, 6:46 AM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 24, 2010, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 25, 2010, 6:46 AM CDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2010, 9:16 AM CDT
- In force
- 51 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 02:18 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 11.74 ft at Mar 25, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT.
- 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.
Nearby
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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.