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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 20, 2013Black Hawk County, Bremer County, Butler County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at May 20, 2013, 10:47 AM CDT for Black Hawk County, Bremer County, Butler County, Iowa. It took effect at May 21, 2013, 10:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 31 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 20, 2013, 10:47 AM CDT (15:47 UTC)
In effect from: May 21, 2013, 10:45 AM CDT
Expired: May 22, 2013, 5:30 PM CDT
In force: 31 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Butler County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Shell Rock River at Shell Rock (SHRI4). The gauge peaked at 12.60 ft at May 21, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05462000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at May 20, 6:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 6:35 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 4:30 AM CDT, 6 hours 17 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 20, 6:47 AM CDT, 4 hours before

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Local storm report, May 20, 6:50 AM CDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 10:27 AM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 20, 10:35 AM CDT, 12 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 19, 7:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Story	52 min
May 19, 7:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Polk, Story	46 min
May 19, 7:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Polk, Warren	29 min
May 19, 7:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marshall, Story	52 min
May 19, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Jasper, Marion, Polk, Warren	35 min
May 19, 8:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Grundy, Tama	40 min
May 19, 8:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Tama	44 min
May 19, 8:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	23 min
May 19, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer	23 min
May 19, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Tama	49 min
May 19, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Davis	33 min
May 19, 9:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Poweshiek, Wapello	51 min
May 19, 10:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Jasper, Poweshiek	6 hr
May 20, 12:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	6 days
May 20, 12:31 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	5 days
May 20, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler	4 days
May 20, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Madison, Union	33 min
May 20, 6:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Polk	36 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2013 Every river flood warning 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.