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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this areal flood warning at Aug 28, 2015, 6:31 PM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 24 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 28, 2015, 6:31 PM CDT (23:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2015, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Boone County, IA, Greene County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Story County, IA, Webster County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:35 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 areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Aug 28, 3:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 28, 3:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 412 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015 IAZ006-007-016-017-025>028-035>039-046>050-058>062-070>075- 081>086-092>097-291100- WINNEBAGO-WORTH-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-GREENE-BOONE-STORY- MARSHALL-TAMA-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER-POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR- MADISON-WARREN-MARION-MAHASKA-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-LUCAS-MONROE- WAPELLO-TAYLOR-RINGGOLD-DECATUR-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 412 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT WIDESPREAD SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL REMAIN POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. IAZ004-005-015-023-024-033-034-044-045-057-291100- EMMET-KOSSUTH-PALO ALTO-POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-SAC-CALHOUN-CRAWFORD- CARROLL-AUDUBON- 412 PM CDT FRI AUG 28 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 28, 5:43 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 12:32 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Boone, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Story, Webster | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 2:52 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Grundy, Hardin | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Story | 61 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk, Story | 64 hr |
| Aug 28, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk | 6 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.