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River Flood Warning 50, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 13, 2010, 10:04 AM CDT for Humboldt County, Iowa. It took effect at Apr 13, 2010, 7:53 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 13, 2010, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 13, 2010, 7:53 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2010, 11:16 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Humboldt County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 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 West Fork Des Moines River at Humboldt (HBTI4).
- Action stage
- 7 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 14 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05476750, 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 Apr 13, 6:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 13, 6:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 4:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...RESENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 443 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010 IAZ004>007-015>017-026>028-039-140945- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-FRANKLIN- BUTLER-BREMER-BLACK HAWK- 443 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 20. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL IOWA WEDNESDAY...AND OVER THE REST OF THE STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THOUGH SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED BUT RAINFALL REPORTS AND REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY SIZE FROM STORMS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. IAZ023>025-033>038-044>050-057>062-070>074-081>085-092>097-140945- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN- GRUNDY-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON- GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN- MARION-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 443 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA MAINLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 20. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL IOWA WEDNESDAY...AND OVER THE REST OF THE STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THOUGH SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED BUT RAINFALL REPORTS AND REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY SIZE FROM STORMS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. IAZ075-086-140945- MAHASKA-WAPELLO- 443 AM CDT TUE APR 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR A SMALL PORTION OF CENTRAL IOWA...MAINLY BETWEEN OSKALOOSA AND OTTUMWA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST AND CENTRAL IOWA WEDNESDAY...AND OVER THE REST OF THE STATE WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED THOUGH SOME STORMS COULD BE STRONG AND PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED BUT RAINFALL REPORTS AND REPORTS OF HAIL OF ANY SIZE FROM STORMS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. FAB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 13, 7:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
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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.