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Flash Flood Watch 10, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood watch at Jun 24, 2013, 3:41 AM CDT for 39 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jun 24, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 50 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2013, 3:41 AM CDT (08:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 24, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2013, 6:12 AM CDT
- In force
- 50 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- None
All 39 counties
Adair County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Black Hawk County, IA, Boone County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cerro Gordo County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Franklin County, IA, Greene County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hancock County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Humboldt County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Sac County, IA, Story County, IA, Tama County, IA, Warren County, IA, Webster County, IA, Winnebago County, IA, Worth County, IA, Wright County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 239 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jun 23, 11:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 11:46 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1146 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 .SHORT TERM.../TONIGHT /... ISSUED AT 355 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE CONVECTION OVERNIGHT IS TO THE SOUTH OF MUCH OF THE CWA. THIS SHOULD KEEP THE CONVECTION MAINLY ACROSS SOUTHERN IA WITH THE SEVERE LIKELY TO REMAIN TO THE SOUTH OF IA OR JUST GET INTO THE SRN COUNTIES. WILL DROP THE FFA AS THE NORTHERN ZONES ARE NOT LIKELY TO GET MUCH AND THE SOUTH NEEDS 2.5 TO 3 INCHES TO REACH 3 HOUR FFG VALUES. TEMPS TONIGHT CLOSE TO MOS VALUES WITH DROPS BEING LIMITED BY DEW POINT INCREASING OVERNIGHT. .LONG TERM.../MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... ISSUED AT 355 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 .LONG TERM /MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY/... WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY...WITH THETA-E ADVECTION IN THE MID LEVELS. WEAK ENERGY CONTINUES TO PUSH THROUGH THE AREA ALOFT...WITH CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS SPREADING NORTHWARD ACROSS THE CWA MONDAY. MOISTURE TRANSPORT INCREASES MONDAY NIGHT AND BECOMES ORIENTED INTO THE CWA...WITH THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD STORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWA. STRONG SHORTWAVE TO APPROACH THE CWA INTO TUESDAY/TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH CONTINUE SOUTHERLY/SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AND MOISTURE TRANSPORT INTO NORTHERN/EASTERN IOWA TUESDAY NIGHT. THEREFORE HAVE POPS CONFINED TO THE EXTREME NORTHEASTERN CWA. OTHERWISE THAT WAVE PUSHES EAST INTO WEDNESDAY WITH BROAD UPPER LEVEL RIDGING INTO THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE US. THIS SHOULD KEEP ANY STORMS JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CWA. THEREFORE HAVE DRY CONDITIONS FOR WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY. UPPER LEVEL TROUGH TO DIG INTO THE GREAT LAKES REGION DROPPING AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT THROUGH THE CWA LATER THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL BRING THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS TO THE STATE. THE RIDGE THEN AMPLIFIES ACROSS THE WESTERN/CENTRAL US INTO THE WEEKEND SETTING UP A COOLER NORTHWEST TO NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT. NOT A LOT OF MOISTURE TO WORK WITH AS WEAK IMPULSES DROP THROUGH THE STATE. FOR NOW KEPT FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DRY. STRONGER PUSH OF WAA BACK INTO THE STATE SUNDAY...MAY BRING ADDITIONAL MOISTURE SO HAVE A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE END OF THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES STILL LOOK QUITE WARM THROUGH THURSDAY...PRIOR TO THE COLD FRONT DROPPING THROUGH THE STATE. THEREFORE ANTICIPATE TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S TO AROUND 90 THROUGH MID WEEK...WITH TEMPS BACK INTO THE 70S AND 80S FOR THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...24/06Z ISSUED AT 1146 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THRU THE FCST PD. ISOLD TO SCT TSRA IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT MAINLY THE KDSM TERMINAL OVERNIGHT...AND POSSIBLY ALSO KALO...KFOD AND KOTM. ADDITIONAL TSRA IS POSSIBLE MONDAY EVENING INTO MONDAY NIGHT AFFECTING MAINLY THE KFOD...KALO AND KMCW TERMINALS. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MS LONG TERM...BEERENDS AVIATION...ZOGG
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 23, 11:33 PM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1133 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 IAZ044>050-057>062-070>075-081>085-250445- CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE- DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION- MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- 1133 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. SOME MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN THREATS. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AROUND FRIDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE TIMING AND SEVERE POTENTIAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT. IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-086-092>097-250445- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD- DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 1133 PM CDT SUN JUN 23 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT TOWARD SUNRISE. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS. SOME MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND BRIEF GUSTY WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. SOME STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND THE MAIN THREATS. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS AROUND FRIDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE TIMING AND SEVERE POTENTIAL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:06 AM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1206 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 IAZ061-074-075-240600- JASPER-MAHASKA-MARION- 1206 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN AND CENTRAL MARION COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST... AT 1201 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL MARION COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LAKE RED ROCK... MONROE... PELLA AIRPORT... PELLA... REASNOR... SULLY... LYNNVILLE... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. KOTENBERG
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1215 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 IAZ057-058-070-071-240615- ADAIR-AUDUBON-CASS-GUTHRIE- 1215 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST CASS AND SOUTHEAST AUDUBON COUNTIES... AT 1210 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY... MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF MODERATE DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EXIRA... ADAIR... CASEY... MENLO... STUART... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. KOTENBERG
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 12:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1255 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 IAZ048>050-061-240700- JASPER-MARSHALL-STORY-TAMA- 1255 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OVER NORTHWEST JASPER COUNTY... AT 1247 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MARSHALLTOWN...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL WITH THIS STORM. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS GREATER THAN 30 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... MELBOURNE... LAUREL... HAVERHILL... MARSHALLTOWN... GILMAN... FERGUSON... LE GRAND... MONTOUR... TOLEDO... TAMA... GARWIN... GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW AROUND. STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THIS STORM HAS PASSED. KOTENBERG
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:21 AM CDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 121 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 IAZ057-058-070-071-240715- ADAIR-AUDUBON-CASS-GUTHRIE- 121 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 ...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT... AT 120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOPING ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF ATLANTIC. THE STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY NORTHEAST...BUT REDEVELOPMENT WILL KEEP THE AREA OF HEAVY RAIN NEARLY STATIONARY THROUGH 2 OR 3 AM. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...POOR VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... CASEY... EXIRA... BRAYTON... STAY AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS OUTDOORS SUCH AS TREES AND IF YOU ENCOUNTER WATER ON THE ROAD...DO NOT DRIVE INTO IT. KEEP UP TO DATE ON THE WEATHER IN CASE A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS NEEDED. JUNGBLUTH
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 2:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Wayne | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 2:01 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Audubon, Cass, Guthrie | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:15 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Adair, Guthrie | 24 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 7 days |
| Jun 24, 10:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet | 40 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Cass | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Crawford | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Cass, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 11:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon | 44 min |
| Jun 24, 11:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Butler, Grundy | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 11:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Boone, Dallas, Greene, Madison | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie and 1 more | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 11:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Hardin, Polk, Story | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Boone, Dallas | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hamilton, Hardin, Webster, Wright | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 12:27 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Grundy, Hardin | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story and 1 more | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 12:49 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion, Poweshiek | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 12:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 1:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Poweshiek | 30 min |
| Jun 24, 1:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton, Wright | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello | 37 min |
| Jun 24, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Grundy, Hardin | 39 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Butler | 3 days |
| Jun 24, 4:23 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 4 days |
| Jun 24, 6:15 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin | 24 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Iowa, 2013Every flash flood watch in 2013
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.