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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Feb 28, 2023, 11:00 AM CST for Black Hawk County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 1, 2023, 5:15 AM CST. It was in force for 57 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2023, 11:00 AM CST (17:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2023, 5:15 AM CST
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2023, 2:15 PM CST
- In force
- 57 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 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Cedar River at Cedar Falls (CEDI4). The gauge peaked at 90.10 ft at Mar 2, 2023, 3:00 AM CST.
- 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.
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 Feb 28, 5:49 AM CST, 5 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 28, 5:49 AM CST, 5 hours 11 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Feb 27, 10:02 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler | 47 hr |
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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.