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River Flood Warning 58, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 26, 2019Mahaska County, Wapello County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2019, 5:41 PM CDT for Mahaska County, Wapello County, Iowa. It took effect at May 26, 2019, 8:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2019, 5:41 PM CDT (22:41 UTC)
In effect from: May 26, 2019, 8:30 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 15, 2019, 12:39 AM CDT
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Des Moines, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Mahaska County, IA, Wapello County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Des Moines River near Eddyville (EDYI4).

Action stage: 60 ft
Minor stage: 63 ft
Moderate stage: 68 ft
Major stage: 70 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05489200, 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 May 26, 3:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 3:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe, Wayne	54 min
May 25, 7:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Davis	15 min
May 25, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	24 min
May 25, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Monroe, Wapello	66 min
May 26, 12:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Decatur	44 min
May 26, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Wayne	51 min
May 26, 1:02 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Wayne	28 min
May 26, 1:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Decatur	33 min
May 26, 1:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Adams, Taylor	51 min
May 26, 1:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Lucas, Monroe	31 min
May 26, 2:49 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DMX	Wapello	11 min
May 26, 2:53 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Carroll, Cass and 13 more	23 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.