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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 22, 2019, 9:46 AM CDT for Palo Alto County, Pocahontas County, Iowa. It took effect at Apr 23, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 44 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2019, 9:46 AM CDT (14:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 24, 2019, 9:19 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Palo Alto County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point West Fork Des Moines River at Emmetsburg (EMTI4). The gauge peaked at 11.06 ft at Apr 24, 2019, 12:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 9 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05476590, 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 Apr 22, 6:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 22, 6:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.