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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Des Moines, IA

June 24, 2013Black Hawk County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 24, 2013, 4:23 PM CDT for Black Hawk County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 25, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2013, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 25, 2013, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 28, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Black Hawk County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Cedar River at Waterloo (ALOI4).

Action stage
8.5 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
19 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05464000, 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 Jun 24, 4:19 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 4:19 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 4:01 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
401 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013

IAZ044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-251030-
CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE-BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-
DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-MARION-
MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-
DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
401 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WITH
AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY
LARGE HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE
IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY
AND SUNDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-251030-
EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-
POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN-
WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-
401 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. PLEASE REFER
TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/DESMOINES
FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH AN
ISOLATED SEVERE STORM POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE
HAIL WOULD BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH
A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE. DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL ARE THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS. PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL IOWA MAY
SEE SOME LINGERING THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY AND AGAIN SATURDAY AND
SUNDAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR
THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT.

MJB

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 24, 2:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
207 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0155 PM     TSTM WND GST     NE OSKALOOSA AIRPORT    41.23N 92.49W
06/24/2013  M58 MPH          MAHASKA            IA   AWOS

&&

SEARCY
Local storm report, Jun 24, 2:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
239 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0115 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CORYDON                 40.76N 93.32W
06/24/2013                   WAYNE              IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN, WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND TREES
            ONTO HOMES.

&&

JJOHNSON
Local storm report, Jun 24, 3:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
303 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1047 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ATLANTIC                41.40N 95.01W
06/24/2013                   CASS               IA   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE LIMBS DOWN. POWER WAS OUT FOR ONE TO TWO HOURS
            IN ATLANTIC FOR A FEW HOURS. DELAYED REPORT VIA SOCIAL
            MEDIA.

&&

RDONAVON
Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
306 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013

IAZ083>086-094>097-242200-
CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OSCEOLA...CHARITON...ALBIA...OTTUMWA...
LEON...CORYDON...CENTERVILLE...BLOOMFIELD
306 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013

GUSTY WINDS FROM DECAYING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 500
PM THIS AFTERNOON. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL GUST TO BETWEEN 40 AND 50
MPH AT TIMES.
Local storm report, Jun 24, 3:28 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
328 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0324 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ACKLEY                  42.55N 93.05W
06/24/2013                   HARDIN             IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            PARTS OF S56 IS FLOODED. SEVERAL ROADS IN AND NEAR ACKLEY
            ARE FLOODED.

&&

RDONAVON
Local storm report, Jun 24, 3:51 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 8:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAppanoose, Wayne43 min
Jun 24, 2:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXAudubon, Cass, Guthrie6 hr
Jun 24, 3:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDMXAdair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 33 more51 hr
Jun 24, 9:15 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXAdair, Guthrie24 hr
Jun 24, 10:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk7 days
Jun 24, 10:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXEmmet40 hr
Jun 24, 10:23 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon, Cass52 min
Jun 24, 10:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon, Carroll, Crawford38 min
Jun 24, 10:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Audubon, Cass, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie51 min
Jun 24, 11:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXButler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin6 hr
Jun 24, 11:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAudubon44 min
Jun 24, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXButler, Grundy27 min
Jun 24, 11:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXAdair, Boone, Dallas, Greene, Madison40 min
Jun 24, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Calhoun, Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie and 1 more48 min
Jun 24, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Hamilton, Hardin, Polk, Story48 min
Jun 24, 12:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXBoone, Dallas29 min
Jun 24, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXHamilton, Hardin, Webster, Wright48 min
Jun 24, 12:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXGrundy, Hardin6 hr
Jun 24, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXJasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama51 min
Jun 24, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXFranklin, Grundy, Hamilton, Hardin, Marshall, Story and 1 more30 min
Jun 24, 12:49 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXMahaska, Marion, Poweshiek6 hr
Jun 24, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska36 min
Jun 24, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WarningDMXMahaska, Poweshiek30 min
Jun 24, 1:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXFranklin, Hamilton, Wright6 hr
Jun 24, 1:17 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDMXJasper, Marshall, Poweshiek, Tama6 hr
Jun 24, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDMXMahaska, Monroe, Wapello37 min
Jun 24, 3:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDMXBlack Hawk, Grundy, Hardin39 hr
Jun 24, 4:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Butler3 days
Jun 24, 6:15 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXButler, Franklin, Grundy, Hardin24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2013Every 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.