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Flash Flood Watch 14, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 27, 2014, 3:53 PM CDT for 17 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Aug 28, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 2014, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 28, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2014, 10:29 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Madison County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 26, 6:41 PM CDT, 21 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 6:41 PM CDT, 21 hours 12 minutes before
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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.