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Areal Flood Warning 13, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 29, 2013Wapello County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this areal flood warning at May 29, 2013, 12:36 AM CDT for Wapello County, Iowa. It was in force for 8 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: May 29, 2013, 12:36 AM CDT (05:36 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2013, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Wapello County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:36 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 May 28, 6:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 4:13 PM CDT, 8 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 6:37 PM CDT, 5 hours 59 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Wapello	6 hr
May 28, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur, Ringgold	43 min
May 28, 7:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Wayne	6 hr
May 28, 7:49 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Davis, Wapello	71 hr
May 28, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis	53 min
May 28, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Wapello	71 hr
May 28, 9:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	36 hr
May 29, 12:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne	8 hr
May 29, 5:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas, Wayne	41 hr
May 29, 11:01 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone and 45 more	56 hr
May 29, 11:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Greene, Guthrie	34 min
May 29, 11:34 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Webster	26 min
May 29, 12:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hamilton, Hardin, Story	24 min
May 29, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison	33 min
May 29, 2:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin	6 hr
May 29, 2:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	34 min
May 29, 2:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Hardin, Marshall, Story	39 min
May 29, 2:52 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Madison	6 hr
May 29, 2:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Polk, Story	35 min
May 29, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Cass	32 min
May 29, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story	65 min
May 29, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Grundy	62 min
May 29, 3:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Grundy, Hardin, Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story	6 hr
May 29, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Grundy, Hardin, Marshall, Tama	51 min
May 29, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama	59 min
May 29, 4:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	3 hr
May 29, 4:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Audubon, Cass, Guthrie	6 hr
May 29, 4:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy	44 min
May 29, 4:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Audubon, Carroll, Greene, Guthrie	40 min
May 29, 4:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Poweshiek, Tama	6 hr
May 29, 5:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Poweshiek, Tama	45 min
May 29, 6:55 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	12 hr
May 29, 6:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy	34 min

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.