River Flood Warning 2, NWS Des Moines, IA

Issued

Feb 18, 2011, 5:39 AM CST (11:39 UTC)

Expired

Feb 18, 2011, 5:09 PM CST

In force

12 hr

Issued by

NWS Des Moines, IA

Flood severity

Minor

County Emmet County, IA

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 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.

Written for the forecast point West Fork Des Moines River at Estherville (ESVI4).

Action stage

6 ft

Minor stage

10 ft

Moderate stage

13 ft

Major stage

14.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05476500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

258 
WGUS43 KDMX 181139
FLWDMX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
539 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A FLOOD 
WARNING FOR ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...

  WEST FORK DES MOINES RIVER
  
  AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN IOWA...EMMET

RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE OBSERVED PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS EXPECTED
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED AREA...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE 
ROUTE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

MORE INFORMATION IS AT  WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES .

&&

IAC063-191139-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FL.W.0002.110218T1139Z-110220T1500Z/
/ESVI4.1.ER.110218T1120Z.110218T1800Z.110219T1500Z.NO/
539 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
  THE WEST FORK DES MOINES RIVER AT ESTHERVILLE...OR FROM THE 
  IOWA-MINNESOTA BORDER...TO NEAR WALLINGFORD.
* UNTIL SATURDAY MORNING.
* AT  5:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS   7 FEET.
* NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING...AND CONTINUE 
  RISING TO 7.3 FEET MIDDAY TODAY. GO BELOW FLOOD STAGE SATURDAY 
  MORNING.


$$

005 
WGUS83 KDMX 181616
FLSDMX

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1016 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE FOLLOWING 
RIVERS IN IOWA...

  WEST FORK DES MOINES RIVER
  
  AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN IOWA...EMMET
  
RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE OBSERVED PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS EXPECTED
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED AREA...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE 
ROUTE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

MORE INFORMATION IS AT  WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES .

&&

IAC063-191616-
/O.EXT.KDMX.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110219T2000Z/
/ESVI4.1.ER.110218T1200Z.110218T1800Z.110218T2000Z.NO/
1016 AM CST FRI FEB 18 2011

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON...

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE WEST FORK DES MOINES RIVER AT ESTHERVILLE...OR FROM THE 
  IOWA-MINNESOTA BORDER...TO NEAR WALLINGFORD.
* UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
* AT  9:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.1 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS   7 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE.
* FORECAST...RISE TO 7.1 FEET MIDDAY TODAY. GO BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS
  AFTERNOON.

$$

067 
WGUS83 KDMX 182309
FLSDMX

FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
509 PM CST FRI FEB 18 2011

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELED FOR ALL OR PORTIONS OF THE 
FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...

  WEST FORK DES MOINES RIVER
  
  AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN IOWA...EMMET
  
RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE OBSERVED PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS EXPECTED
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED AREA...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE 
ROUTE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.

MORE INFORMATION IS AT  WWW.WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES .

&&

IAC063-182339-
/O.CAN.KDMX.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110219T2000Z/
/ESVI4.1.ER.110218T1200Z.110218T1600Z.110218T2100Z.NO/
509 PM CST FRI FEB 18 2011

...FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED...

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE WEST FORK DES MOINES RIVER AT ESTHERVILLE...OR FROM THE 
  IOWA-MINNESOTA BORDER...TO NEAR WALLINGFORD.
* AT  4:00 PM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET.
* RECENT ACTIVITY...FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT  3:00 PM FRIDAY.
* FORECAST...FALL TO 5.8 FEET SATURDAY MORNING.

$$

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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.