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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 21, 2024, 11:53 AM CDT for Palo Alto County, Pocahontas County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 21, 2024, 9:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 21 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2024, 11:53 AM CDT (16:53 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 21, 2024, 9:24 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2024, 11:53 AM CDT
- In force
- 21 days
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
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 16:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Des Moines, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 10:09 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Worth | 23 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:09 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler | 38 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:09 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk | 6 days |
| Jun 20, 10:09 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Webster | 13 hr |
| Jun 20, 10:09 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Boone, Hamilton, Webster | 21 days |
| Jun 21, 5:43 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Emmet | 22 days |
| Jun 21, 11:20 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Wright | 47 hr |
| Jun 21, 11:25 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler | 4 days |
| Jun 21, 11:25 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Black Hawk | 5 days |
| Jun 21, 11:35 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Webster | 21 days |
| Jun 21, 11:53 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Humboldt | 24 days |
| Jun 21, 11:57 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DMX | Humboldt | 21 days |
| Jun 21, 12:01 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Humboldt, Kossuth | 21 days |
| Jun 21, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Kossuth, Palo Alto | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Palo Alto | 30 min |
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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.