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River Flood Watch 65, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood watch at Oct 7, 2018, 10:05 PM CDT for Dallas County, Polk County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 11, 2018, 8:12 AM 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 11, 2018, 8:12 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2018, 11:34 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Dallas County, IA, Polk County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 9 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 Raccoon River at Van Meter (VNMI4). The gauge peaked at 15.48 ft at Oct 10, 2018, 10:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 15 ft
- Minor stage
- 17 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 23 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05484500, 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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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 | Boone, Hamilton, Webster | 54 hr |
| 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 | 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 | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Greene | 24 min |
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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.