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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Des Moines, IA
NWS Des Moines, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 11, 2026, 10:14 PM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 11, 2026, 10:14 PM CDT (03:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2026, 9:57 AM CDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Des Moines, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Appanoose County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Wayne County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Chariton River near Chariton (CHTI4). The gauge peaked at 19.44 ft at Jun 11, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 19.5 ft
- Moderate stage
- 26 ft
- Major stage
- 29 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06903400, 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 Jun 11, 6:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute 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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| Jun 12, 8:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DMX | Mahaska, Marion, Monroe | 36 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.