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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2014, 5:09 PM CDT for Emmet County, Kossuth County, Palo Alto County, Iowa. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2014, 5:09 PM CDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Emmet County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1817 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
612
WGUS53 KDMX 162209
FFWDMX
IAC063-109-147-170400-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FF.W.0013.140616T2209Z-140617T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
509 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...
EMMET COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...
KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
* AT 507 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IN NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL STORMS WERE APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA FROM THE
SOUTHWEST. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 2 OR MORE
INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. ALTHOUGH NO FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN
REPORTED...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...IOWA LAKE...SWAN LAKE...SMITH
POOL...INGHAM LAKE...OKAMANPEDAN LAKE...LOST ISLAND LAKE...FIVE
ISLAND LAKE...HIGH LAKE...SILVER LAKE...RUSH LAKE...ARMSTRONG...
GRAETTINGER...WEST BEND...RUTHVEN...BANCROFT...SWEA CITY AND BURT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9397 4291 9397 4291 9491 4350 9491
$$
ZOGG4 follow-up statements
194 WGUS73 KDMX 162237 FFSDMX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 537 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 IAC063-109-147-170400- /O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140617T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PALO ALTO IA-EMMET IA-KOSSUTH IA- 537 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PALO ALTO...EMMET AND KOSSUTH COUNTIES... AT 532 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WEST AND NORTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA FROM THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. AS MUCH AS 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 2 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...IOWA LAKE...SWAN LAKE...SMITH POOL...INGHAM LAKE...OKAMANPEDAN LAKE...LOST ISLAND LAKE...FIVE ISLAND LAKE...HIGH LAKE...SILVER LAKE...RUSH LAKE...ARMSTRONG... GRAETTINGER...WEST BEND...RUTHVEN...BANCROFT...SWEA CITY AND BURT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4350 9397 4291 9397 4291 9491 4350 9491 $$ ZOGG
351 WGUS73 KDMX 162314 FFSDMX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 614 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 IAC063-109-147-170400- /O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140617T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PALO ALTO IA-EMMET IA-KOSSUTH IA- 614 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PALO ALTO...EMMET AND KOSSUTH COUNTIES... AT 612 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE WARNED AREA FROM THE WEST. AS MUCH AS 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS NORTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS EVENING...AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING AS MUCH AS 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...IOWA LAKE...SWAN LAKE...SMITH POOL...INGHAM LAKE...OKAMANPEDAN LAKE...LOST ISLAND LAKE...FIVE ISLAND LAKE...HIGH LAKE...SILVER LAKE...RUSH LAKE...ARMSTRONG... GRAETTINGER...WEST BEND...RUTHVEN...BANCROFT...SWEA CITY AND BURT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4350 9397 4291 9397 4291 9491 4350 9491 $$ ZOGG
029 WGUS73 KDMX 170030 FFSDMX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 730 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 IAC063-109-147-170400- /O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140617T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PALO ALTO IA-EMMET IA-KOSSUTH IA- 730 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PALO ALTO...EMMET AND KOSSUTH COUNTIES... AT 727 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 1/2 TO 3 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL AMOUNTS SOUTH OF A LINE THROUGH EMMETSBURG AND ALGONA. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WARNED AREA THE REST OF THIS EVENING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ESTHERVILLE...ALGONA...EMMETSBURG...IOWA LAKE...SWAN LAKE...SMITH POOL...INGHAM LAKE...OKAMANPEDAN LAKE...LOST ISLAND LAKE...FIVE ISLAND LAKE...HIGH LAKE...SILVER LAKE...RUSH LAKE...ARMSTRONG... GRAETTINGER...WEST BEND...RUTHVEN...BANCROFT...SWEA CITY AND BURT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 4350 9397 4291 9397 4291 9491 4350 9491 $$ ZOGG
549 WGUS73 KDMX 170400 FFSDMX FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1100 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 IAC063-109-147-170409- /O.EXP.KDMX.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140617T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PALO ALTO IA-EMMET IA-KOSSUTH IA- 1100 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PALO ALTO...EMMET AND KOSSUTH COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. AREAS OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS HOWEVER THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE AREA. THE PALO ALTO SHERIFFS OFFICE HAS REPORTED A FEW RURAL ROADS WITH WATER OVER THEM. THIS WATER IS EXPECTED TO RECEDE OVERNIGHT. LAT...LON 4350 9397 4291 9397 4291 9491 4350 9491 $$ DONAVON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Crawford | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Audubon, Carroll, Crawford | 68 min |
| Jun 16, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 2:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Jasper | 63 min |
| Jun 16, 3:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler and 33 more | 12 hr |
| Jun 16, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet | 43 min |
| Jun 16, 5:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Emmet, Kossuth | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Emmet, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Wright | 59 min |
| Jun 16, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Winnebago, Worth | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Palo Alto | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Humboldt, Kossuth, Wright | 64 min |
| Jun 16, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 6:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Hancock, Worth | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 6:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Winnebago, Worth, Wright | 9 hr |
| Jun 16, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas | 24 min |
| Jun 16, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Worth | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Worth | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Franklin, Hancock, Wright | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin | 34 min |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.