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Flash Flood Watch 14, NWS Des Moines, IA

September 20, 201912 counties in Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this flash flood watch at Sep 20, 2019, 3:27 PM CDT for 12 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Sep 21, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 20, 2019, 3:27 PM CDT (20:27 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 21, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 22, 2019, 1:42 PM CDT
In force
19 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Flood severity
None

Counties Appanoose County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Wayne County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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 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 Sep 19, 6:35 PM CDT, 20 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 6:35 PM CDT, 20 hours 52 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.