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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Des Moines, IA

March 15, 2019Polk County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2019, 9:51 PM CDT for Polk County, Iowa. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2019, 9:51 PM CDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired
Mar 17, 2019, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
45 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 02:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Beaver Creek near Grimes (GRMI4). The gauge peaked at 14.22 ft at Mar 16, 2019, 2:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05481950, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 8:41 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDMXBlack Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 21 more24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2019Every 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.