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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 14, 2019Polk County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2019, 12:56 AM CDT for Polk County, Iowa. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2019, 12:56 AM CDT (05:56 UTC)
Expired: Mar 14, 2019, 9:06 AM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Polk County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fourmile Creek at Des Moines Easton Blvd (DFMI4).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 12.5 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05485640, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Mar 13, 11:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 13, 11:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 13, 9:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 13, 8:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 26 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
830 PM CDT WED MAR 13 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0600 PM     FLOOD            4 NE ARION              41.98N 95.41W
03/13/2019                   CRAWFORD           IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            U.S. HIGHWAY 30 CLOSED FROM DENISON TO DOW
            CITY DUE TO FLOODING.

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AK

Local storm report, Mar 13, 8:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
832 PM CDT WED MAR 13 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0820 PM     FLOOD            2 N OTHO                42.45N 94.15W
03/13/2019                   WEBSTER            IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MOST GRAVEL ROADS CANNOT BE DRIVEN ON.
            SEVERAL BLACKTOP ROADS ARE COVERED IN WATER.
            LOW VSBY MAKING IT HARD TO SEE FLOODED
            ROADWAYS. THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN MOST UTILITY
            TRUCKS OF THE ROADS DUE TO FLOOD DANGERS.

&&

AK

Local storm report, Mar 13, 8:36 PM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
836 PM CDT WED MAR 13 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0835 PM     FLOOD            1 NNW WALLINGFORD       43.34N 94.80W
03/13/2019                   EMMET              IA   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            PORTIONS OF IA 4 ARE CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING.

&&

AK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 7:39 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Tama	7 days
Mar 13, 9:21 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DMX	Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Crawford, Emmet and 17 more	31 hr
Mar 13, 10:25 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Boone, Hamilton, Webster	10 days
Mar 13, 10:26 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DMX	Palo Alto, Pocahontas	4 days
Mar 13, 10:40 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DMX	Polk	19 hr
Mar 14, 3:20 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Story	30 hr
Mar 14, 5:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Palo Alto, Pocahontas	24 days
Mar 14, 5:01 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Humboldt	53 days
Mar 14, 7:39 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Story	36 hr
Mar 14, 10:21 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Dallas and 7 more	24 hr
Mar 14, 10:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more	36 hr
Mar 14, 11:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Marshall	57 hr
Mar 14, 11:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	13 days
Mar 14, 11:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk	10 days
Mar 14, 11:50 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	5 days
Mar 14, 1:48 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DMX	Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth	43 hr
Mar 14, 2:58 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DMX	Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler	52 hr
Mar 14, 5:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	11 hr
Mar 14, 6:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Black Hawk, Butler	27 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2019 Every river flood warning in 2019

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.