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Flash Flood Watch 14, NWS Des Moines, IA

October 4, 20188 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood watch at Oct 4, 2018, 3:34 PM CDT for 8 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Oct 5, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 4, 2018, 3:34 PM CDT (20:34 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 5, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 6, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
18 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity
None

Counties Black Hawk County, IA, Bremer County, IA, Grundy County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marshall County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Tama County, IA

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 Oct 3, 6:59 PM CDT, 20 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 6:59 PM CDT, 20 hours 35 minutes before
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Sources

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