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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 1, 2014, 2:46 PM CDT for Kossuth County, Palo Alto County, Iowa. It was in force for 6 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2014, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kossuth County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2:50 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.35 | 4 Ssw Lone Rock, IA | HEAVY RAIN DURATION 2 HOURS |
| Jun 1, 3:43 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ssw Lone Rock, IA | WATER OVER 60TH AVE BETWEEN 270TH AND 280TH ST. POSSIBLY OVERFLOW FROM NEARBY BLACK CAT CREEK. |
| Jun 1, 3:50 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.03 | 4 Ssw Lone Rock, IA | HEAVY RAIN DURATION 3 HOURS |
| Jun 1, 6:05 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 5.28 | 4 Ssw Lone Rock, IA | STORM TOTAL THUS FAR TODAY. HEAVY RAIN DURATION 5 HOURS 20 MINUTES |
| Jun 1, 8:20 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 6 | 3 Ne Cylinder, IA | FARMER REPORTED AROUND 6 INCHES OF RAIN AND COUNTING 4 MILES NW OF WHITTEMORE. VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 327 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 497 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WGUS53 KDMX 011946
FFWDMX
IAC109-147-020145-
/O.NEW.KDMX.FF.W.0007.140601T1946Z-140602T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
246 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DES MOINES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PALO ALTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST IOWA...
CENTRAL KOSSUTH COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* AT 245 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN FROM PALO ALTO INTO KOSSUTH COUNTY. UP TO THREE INCHES
OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EMMETSBURG...FIVE ISLAND LAKE...SMITH POOL...RUSH LAKE...SILVER
LAKE...BANCROFT...SWEA CITY...BURT...WHITTEMORE...TITONKA...
FENTON...LAKOTA...LONE ROCK...AYRSHIRE...LEDYARD...CYLINDER...
CURLEW...RODMAN...EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND KEARNEY STATE
PARK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO THREE INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9398 4320 9397 4297 9457 4291 9491
4303 9489 4326 9453 4325 9444 4331 9444
4350 9413
$$
SMALL4 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KDMX 012104
FFSDMX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
404 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
IAC109-147-020145-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140602T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PALO ALTO IA-KOSSUTH IA-
404 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL PALO ALTO AND CENTRAL KOSSUTH COUNTIES...
AT 356 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. AT LEAST
FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN AS MEASURED BY A RAIN GAUGE 4
MILES SSW OF LONE ROCK...WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOWING EVEN
HIGHER AMOUNTS...OVER FIVE INCHES...IN PALO ALTO COUNTY. WATER HAS
ALREADY BEEN REPORTED OVER THE ROAD SOUTH OF LONE ROCK WITH WATER
OVER 60TH AVE BETWEEN 270TH AND 280TH STREETS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EMMETSBURG...FIVE ISLAND LAKE...SMITH POOL...RUSH LAKE...SILVER
LAKE...BANCROFT...SWEA CITY...BURT...WHITTEMORE...TITONKA...FENTON...
LAKOTA...LONE ROCK...AYRSHIRE...LEDYARD...CYLINDER...CURLEW...
RODMAN...EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND KEARNEY STATE PARK.
CYLINDER CREEK...LOTTS CREEK...BLACK CAT CREEK AND PRAIRIE CREEK MAY
BE AFFECTED.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA AS STORMS EXIT THE SIOUXLAND AREA INTO NORTHERN IOWA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM STORM DRAINS...CULVERTS...CREEKS AND STREAMS.
WATER LEVELS CAN RISE RAPIDLY AND SWEEP CHILDREN AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9398 4320 9397 4297 9457 4291 9491
4303 9489 4326 9453 4325 9444 4331 9444
4350 9413
$$
SMALL612
WGUS73 KDMX 012224
FFSDMX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
524 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
IAC109-147-020145-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140602T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PALO ALTO IA-KOSSUTH IA-
524 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL PALO ALTO AND CENTRAL KOSSUTH COUNTIES...
AT 518 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 4.75 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS BEEN MEASURED BY A HOME WEATHER STATION TODAY 4 MILES
SSW OF LONE ROCK IN KOSSUTH COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW
THAT SOME LOCATIONS IN EASTERN PALO ALTO COUNTY MAY BE APPROACHING
SIX INCHES OF RAINFALL.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EMMETSBURG...FIVE ISLAND LAKE...SMITH POOL...RUSH LAKE...SILVER
LAKE...BANCROFT...SWEA
CITY...BURT...WHITTEMORE...TITONKA...FENTON... LAKOTA...LONE
ROCK...AYRSHIRE...LEDYARD...CYLINDER...CURLEW... RODMAN...EMMETSBURG
MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND KEARNEY STATE PARK.
CYLINDER CREEK...LOTTS CREEK...BLACK CAT CREEK AND PRAIRIE CREEK MAY
BE AFFECTED.
ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORMS UPSTREAM HAVE WEAKENED SOMEWHAT...ADDITIONAL
MODERATE RAINFALL UP TO AN INCH IS STILL POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9398 4320 9397 4297 9457 4291 9491
4303 9489 4326 9453 4325 9444 4331 9444
4350 9413
$$
SMALL506
WGUS73 KDMX 012334
FFSDMX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
634 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
IAC109-147-020145-
/O.CON.KDMX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140602T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PALO ALTO IA-KOSSUTH IA-
634 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR
CENTRAL PALO ALTO AND CENTRAL KOSSUTH COUNTIES...
AT 631 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. 5.28 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AS RECORDED BY A HOME WEATHER STATION 4 MILES SSW
OF LONE ROCK.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EMMETSBURG...FIVE ISLAND LAKE...SMITH POOL...RUSH LAKE...SILVER
LAKE...BANCROFT...SWEA CITY...BURT...WHITTEMORE...TITONKA...FENTON...
LAKOTA...LONE ROCK...AYRSHIRE...LEDYARD...CYLINDER...CURLEW...
RODMAN...EMMETSBURG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND KEARNEY STATE PARK.
CYLINDER CREEK...LOTTS CREEK...BLACK CAT CREEK AND PRAIRIE CREEK MAY
BE AFFECTED.
ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED OR WILL SHORTLY...ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH MAY OCCUR THROUGH 8PM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 4350 9398 4320 9397 4297 9457 4291 9491
4303 9489 4326 9453 4325 9444 4331 9444
4350 9413
$$
SMALL943
WGUS73 KDMX 020136
FFSDMX
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
836 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
IAC109-147-020146-
/O.EXP.KDMX.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-140602T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PALO ALTO IA-KOSSUTH IA-
836 PM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL PALO ALTO AND CENTRAL KOSSUTH
COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM CDT...
ALTHOUGH LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE AND END BEFORE MIDNIGHT...THE
HEAVY RAIN THREAT HAS ENDED AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT.
LAT...LON 4350 9398 4320 9397 4297 9457 4291 9491
4303 9489 4326 9453 4325 9444 4331 9444
4350 9413
$$
SMALLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 12:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Bremer, Butler, Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Franklin, Hancock and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 12:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Winnebago | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Hancock, Kossuth, Winnebago | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Worth | 26 min |
| Jun 1, 2:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Worth | 29 min |
| Jun 1, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Emmet, Hancock, Kossuth, Palo Alto, Pocahontas and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Sac | 47 min |
| Jun 1, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Audubon, Cass | 56 min |
| Jun 1, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun | 41 min |
| Jun 1, 6:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Adair, Cass, Greene, Guthrie | 35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.