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River Flood Warning 72, NWS Des Moines, IA

October 7, 2019Black Hawk County, Iowa

NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Oct 7, 2019, 3:59 AM CDT for Black Hawk County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 7, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2019, 3:59 AM CDT (08:59 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 7, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 9, 2019, 9:57 AM CDT
In force
37 hr
Issued by
NWS Des Moines, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Black Hawk County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Cedar River at Cedar Falls (CEDI4). The gauge peaked at 89.35 ft at Oct 8, 2019, 4:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
85 ft
Minor stage
89 ft
Moderate stage
92 ft
Major stage
94 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05463050, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.