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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at May 11, 2010, 12:39 PM CDT for Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2010, 12:39 PM CDT (17:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2010, 8:41 PM CDT
- In force
- 8 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 17:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 18.37 ft at May 11, 2010, 2:00 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 May 11, 7:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 11, 7:14 AM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 10, 9:13 PM CDT | High Wind Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth, Wright | 3 hr |
| May 10, 9:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 18 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.