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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 15, 2010, 7:46 PM CDT for Emmet County, Iowa. It took effect at Apr 16, 2010, 8:13 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 15, 2010, 7:46 PM CDT (00:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 16, 2010, 8:13 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 16, 2010, 10:20 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Emmet County, IA
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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 Estherville (ESVI4). The gauge peaked at 6.83 ft at Apr 14, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 6 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 14.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05476500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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.