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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this areal flood warning at Jun 15, 2011, 11:02 AM CDT for Mahaska County, Marion County, Iowa. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2011, 11:02 AM CDT (16:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2011, 9:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
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 16:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Jun 14, 6:44 PM CDT, 16 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 6:44 PM CDT, 16 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 5:15 PM CDT, 17 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 515 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 IAZ057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-152215- AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 515 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN THREATS. ALONG THE WARM FRONT OVER SOUTHERN IOWA THERE IS A THREAT FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO. HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE AND COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OR RENEWED RIVER FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA OVERNIGHT. NUMEROUS RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT. A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THIS EVENING. RAINFALL REPORTS ARE ALSO APPRECIATED. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-152215- 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- 515 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS EVENING AND THEN BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT. A FEW SEVERE STORMS WITH PING PONG SIZED HAIL AND 60 MPH WINDS MAY OCCUR. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST WEDNESDAY. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE FORECAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY NIGHT. A FEW SEVERE STORMS MAY OCCUR WITH THIS ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGH THIS WEEK. RAINFALL REPORTS ARE ALSO APPRECIATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas, Marion, Warren | 48 min |
| Jun 14, 10:10 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet | 45 days |
| Jun 14, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne | 60 min |
| Jun 15, 12:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Monroe, Wapello | 6 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.