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River Flood Warning 91, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 12, 2010, 11:28 AM CDT for Polk County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 12, 2010, 11:08 PM CDT. It was in force for 70 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2010, 11:28 AM CDT (16:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 12, 2010, 11:08 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2010, 9:34 PM CDT
- In force
- 70 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Polk County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 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 Des Moines SE 6th St (DESI4). The gauge peaked at 24.88 ft at Jun 13, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 20 ft
- Minor stage
- 24 ft
- Moderate stage
- 26 ft
- Major stage
- 30 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05485500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:16 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 13 days |
| Jun 12, 5:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Calhoun, Greene, Hamilton, Webster | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 7:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 13 days |
| Jun 12, 7:20 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 6 days |
| Jun 12, 7:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Wapello | 24 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Wapello | 3 days |
| Jun 12, 8:10 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 3 days |
| Jun 12, 8:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Warren | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:04 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk | 72 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 9 days |
| Jun 12, 11:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Webster | 3 days |
| Jun 12, 11:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Dallas, Greene | 6 days |
| Jun 12, 11:31 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 13 hr |
| Jun 12, 12:02 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 10 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:42 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 9 hr |
| Jun 12, 3:09 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion | 24 hr |
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.