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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Des Moines, IA

May 28, 2019Palo Alto County, Pocahontas County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at May 28, 2019, 10:51 AM CDT for Palo Alto County, Pocahontas County, Iowa. It took effect at May 29, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2019, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
In effect from: May 29, 2019, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2019, 9:53 AM CDT
In force: 8 days
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 15:52 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).

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 May 28, 6:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 6:36 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 5:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 7:30 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
730 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2019

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

0629 AM     HAIL             5 N NEW MARKET          40.80N 94.90W
05/28/2019  M1.00 INCH       TAYLOR             IA   COCORAHS

            HAIL FELL BETWEEN 629-634AM.

&&

Local storm report, May 28, 8:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
801 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2019

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

0720 AM     HAIL             2 SW TINGLEY            40.83N 94.22W
05/28/2019  E1.00 INCH       RINGGOLD           IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

Local storm report, May 28, 10:00 AM CDT, 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 10:01 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 10:07 AM CDT, 44 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1007 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2019

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

0633 AM     TSTM WND DMG     5 WNW GRAVITY           40.79N 94.82W
05/28/2019                   TAYLOR             IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE DOWN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF
            FRANKLIN AVE AND 175TH STREET NORTHWEST OF
            BEDFORD. DELAYED REPORT. TIME ESTIMATED BY
            RADAR.

&&

KLP

Local storm report, May 28, 10:39 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1039 AM CDT TUE MAY 28 2019

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

1038 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 SSE THAYER            40.99N 94.02W
05/28/2019  M1.70 INCH       UNION              IA   PUBLIC

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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 27, 9:53 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DMX	Boone, Hamilton, Webster	13 hr
May 28, 3:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DMX	Adair, Adams, Appanoose, Audubon, Boone, Cass and 22 more	24 hr
May 28, 5:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie	40 min
May 28, 6:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Ringgold, Taylor, Union	41 min
May 28, 6:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adair, Dallas, Guthrie, Madison	39 min
May 28, 6:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Adams, Clarke, Decatur, Ringgold, Taylor, Union	48 min
May 28, 6:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Dallas, Madison, Polk, Warren	20 min
May 28, 7:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Wayne	40 min
May 28, 8:47 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Adams, Taylor	2 hr
May 28, 9:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Lucas	50 min
May 28, 9:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Decatur	48 hr
May 28, 9:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Lucas, Wayne	36 hr
May 28, 10:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Lucas, Monroe	26 min
May 28, 10:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	35 hr
May 28, 10:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Madison, Warren	60 hr
May 28, 10:55 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DMX	Dallas, Polk	4 hr
May 28, 2:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Clarke, Madison, Union, Warren	41 min
May 28, 2:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DMX	Adair	9 hr
May 28, 3:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Dallas, Polk	15 hr
May 28, 3:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DMX	Polk	3 days
May 28, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DMX	Mahaska, Marion	34 min
May 28, 5:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Appanoose, Davis, Lucas, Monroe, Wapello, Wayne	6 hr
May 28, 6:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DMX	Decatur, Ringgold, Wayne	5 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.