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River Flood Warning 97, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 13, 2010, 10:52 AM CDT for Warren County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 14, 2010, 12:30 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2010, 10:52 AM CDT (15:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 14, 2010, 12:30 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2010, 9:23 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Warren County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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 South River near Ackworth (AKWI4). The gauge peaked at 21.49 ft at Jun 12, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 26 ft
- Minor stage
- 29 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 05487470, 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 Jun 12, 6:57 PM CDT, 15 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 6:57 PM CDT, 15 hours 55 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 11:47 AM CDT, 23 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1147 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086- 092>097-131700- 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-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION- CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE- DAVIS- 1147 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA IN THE AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE. A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO MOVE IN TO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. DAMAGING WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE THE MAIN THREATS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY EARLY SUNDAY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES CONTINUE INTERMITTENTLY THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. THERE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS FAIRLY MINIMAL AT THIS TIME FOR THE WEEKEND...AND IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER FOR NEXT WEEK. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO OCCUR FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THE WEEK. AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL BE ON THE RISE DUE TO THE PERIODS OF RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY TODAY...BUT RAINFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. AW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 3:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Carroll and 25 more | 27 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Story, Tama | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:11 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DMX | Audubon, Carroll | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Madison, Warren | 53 hr |
| Jun 13, 12:58 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:40 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 37 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Decatur | 26 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas, Wayne | 4 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 4 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.