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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood watch at May 28, 2013, 2:33 PM CDT for 18 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 13 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2013, 2:33 PM CDT (19:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2013, 3:47 AM CDT
- In force
- 13 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 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 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 May 28, 12:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 28, 12:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 27, 8:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas, Wayne | 52 hr |
| May 27, 11:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor | 58 min |
| May 28, 3:43 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Winnebago and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 28, 3:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe | 6 hr |
| May 28, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur | 49 min |
| May 28, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Lucas | 43 min |
| May 28, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion, Monroe | 48 min |
| May 28, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Monroe, Wapello | 64 min |
| May 28, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 39 min |
| May 28, 5:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union | 6 hr |
| May 28, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas | 37 min |
| May 28, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Madison, Union | 38 min |
| May 28, 6:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur | 35 min |
| May 28, 6:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Ringgold, Taylor | 45 min |
| May 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Mahaska, Monroe and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Monroe, Wapello | 37 min |
| May 28, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Lucas, Monroe, Wapello | 63 min |
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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.