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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2010, 2:39 AM CDT for Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa. It took effect at Apr 25, 2010, 4:11 AM CDT. It was in force for 35 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 25, 2010, 2:39 AM CDT (07:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 25, 2010, 4:11 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2010, 3:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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 Cedar Creek near Bussey (BSSI4). The gauge peaked at 23.27 ft at Apr 25, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 25 ft
- Moderate stage
- 30 ft
- Major stage
- 32 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05489000, 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 24, 11:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 11:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 24, 3:18 PM CDT, 11 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 318 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>074-081>084- 092>094-252030- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS- TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR- 318 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL UP TO HALF DOLLAR SIZE AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS POINT...SOME SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS POSSIBLE BUT TIMING AND TYPE CANNOT BE DISCERNED. ADDITIONAL DETAIL WILL BE PROVIDED AS THE EVENT APPROACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED BY THE END OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK. IAZ075-085-086-095>097-252030- MAHASKA-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 318 PM CDT SAT APR 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL TONIGHT MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL RETURN TO THE AREA WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. AT THIS POINT...SOME SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS POSSIBLE BUT TIMING AND TYPE CANNOT BE DISCERNED. ADDITIONAL DETAIL WILL BE PROVIDED AS THE EVENT APPROACHES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE NEEDED BY THE END OF THE NEXT WORK WEEK. MOYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 8:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Wapello | 5 days |
| Apr 24, 8:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Wapello | 6 days |
| Apr 24, 8:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas, Wayne | 48 hr |
| Apr 24, 8:53 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 31 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Lucas, Monroe, Ringgold and 2 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:21 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | DMX | Appanoose, Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Davis, Grundy and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 25, 2:01 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Clarke, Jasper, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe and 2 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 25, 9:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Decatur | 3 hr |
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.