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River Flood Watch 63, NWS Des Moines, IA

October 7, 2018Boone County, Hamilton County, Webster County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood watch at Oct 7, 2018, 10:05 PM CDT for Boone County, Hamilton County, Webster County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 10, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 7, 2018, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 10, 2018, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 10, 2018, 4:05 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Boone County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Webster County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Des Moines River near Stratford (STRI4). The gauge peaked at 19.37 ft at Oct 10, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 19 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05481300, 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 7, 6:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 7, 6:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 7, 10:05 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DMX	Wright	6 days
Oct 7, 10:05 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DMX	Palo Alto, Pocahontas	24 hr
Oct 7, 10:05 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DMX	Dallas, Polk	37 hr
Oct 7, 10:05 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth	4 days
Oct 7, 10:05 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler	36 hr
Oct 8, 10:40 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Wayne	24 hr
Oct 8, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Tama	8 days
Oct 8, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	9 days
Oct 8, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	6 days
Oct 8, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Webster	4 days
Oct 8, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Davis, Wapello	91 min
Oct 8, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Humboldt	5 days
Oct 8, 11:39 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DMX	Davis, Wapello	4 days
Oct 8, 6:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Carroll, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie	48 min
Oct 8, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	46 min
Oct 8, 6:29 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Greene, Guthrie	31 min
Oct 8, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Decatur, Ringgold	40 min
Oct 8, 6:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Appanoose	24 min
Oct 8, 6:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DMX	Decatur, Ringgold	43 min
Oct 8, 6:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DMX	Boone, Dallas, Greene	24 min

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Iowa, 2018 Every river flood watch in 2018

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.