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River Flood Warning 18, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2019, 3:20 AM CDT for Story County, Iowa. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2019, 3:20 AM CDT (08:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 15, 2019, 9:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Story County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Ioway Creek at Ames Lincoln Way (AMWI4). The gauge peaked at 10.61 ft at Mar 14, 2019, 6:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 10 ft
- Moderate stage
- 14 ft
- Major stage
- 15.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05470500, 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 14, 3:18 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 3:18 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
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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, 12:56 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 8 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 |
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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.