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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2024, 7:37 AM CDT for Polk County, Iowa. It took effect at May 7, 2024, 11:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2024, 7:37 AM CDT (12:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 7, 2024, 11:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- May 8, 2024, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Polk County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:37 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 Raccoon River at Des Moines Fleur Dr (DEMI4).
- Action stage
- 8 ft
- Minor stage
- 12 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05484900, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 9:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie, Taylor | 48 min |
| May 6, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Sac | 40 min |
| May 6, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Carroll, Crawford | 45 min |
| May 6, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Dallas, Guthrie and 2 more | 51 min |
| May 6, 10:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Crawford, Greene, Humboldt, Pocahontas and 2 more | 61 min |
| May 6, 10:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Calhoun, Carroll, Greene, Webster | 49 min |
| May 6, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DMX | Boone, Dallas, Madison, Union | 40 min |
| May 7, 12:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Madison, Warren, Wayne | 42 min |
| May 7, 12:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Clarke, Decatur, Lucas, Warren | 43 min |
| May 7, 1:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | DMX | Jasper, Mahaska, Marion, Polk, Warren | 39 min |
| May 7, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Appanoose, Davis, Jasper, Lucas, Mahaska, Marion and 6 more | 64 min |
| May 7, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Davis, Grundy, Jasper, Mahaska, Marshall, Monroe and 3 more | 49 min |
| May 7, 7:37 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DMX | Polk | 59 hr |
| May 7, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Dallas, Polk, Story | 27 min |
| May 7, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DMX | Adair, Audubon, Cass, Guthrie | 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.