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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2013, 4:14 PM CDT for Davis County, Wapello County, Iowa. It took effect at May 25, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2013, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 25, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 27, 2013, 10:36 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Davis County, IA, Wapello County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Des Moines River at Ottumwa (OTMI4). The gauge peaked at 10.75 ft at May 25, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05489500, 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 25, 3:24 PM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 25, 3:24 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 359 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-070>073-081>085-092>097-262100- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON- WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE- APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 359 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TONIGHT. CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER ARE LOW...BUT SOME STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST PERIODICALLY INTO NEXT WEEK...MAINLY DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OR AREAL FLOODING. SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS UNLIKELY THIS WEEKEND...BUT SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. IAZ033>039-044>050-057>062-074-075-086-262100- SAC-CALHOUN-WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK- JASPER-POWESHIEK-MARION-MAHASKA-WAPELLO- 359 PM CDT SAT MAY 25 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR AGAIN TONIGHT. CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER ARE LOW...BUT STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCAL FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT UNTIL 9 AM SUNDAY MORNING. IN ADDITION...RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE CEDAR RIVER BASIN AND THE DES MOINES BASIN NEAR OTTUMWA. PLEASE REFER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL PERSIST PERIODICALLY INTO NEXT WEEK...MAINLY DURING THE NIGHTTIME AND EARLY MORNING HOURS. SOME STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL...POSSIBLY LEADING TO FLASH FLOODING OR AREAL FLOODING. SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS UNLIKELY THIS WEEKEND...BUT SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES WILL INCREASE SOMEWHAT INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED THROUGH THE WEEKEND. KJ
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:21 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Jasper, Marshall, Story | 6 hr |
| May 25, 3:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford and 17 more | 21 hr |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.