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River Flood Watch 6, NWS Des Moines, IA

October 5, 2017Emmet County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood watch at Oct 5, 2017, 9:58 AM CDT for Emmet County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 7, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 5, 2017, 9:58 AM CDT (14:58 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 7, 2017, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 12, 2017, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Emmet County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point West Fork Des Moines River at Estherville (ESVI4).

Action stage: 6 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 14.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05476500, 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 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 river flood watch went out at Oct 5, 6:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 5, 6:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.