Heavy rains fell across the Raccoon and Des Moines River Basin near and upstream of the Des Moines area leading to a period of flooding at locations within the Des Moines Metro area.
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The episode as NWS DMX wrote it up.
Heavy rains fell across the Raccoon and Des Moines River Basin near and upstream of the Des Moines area leading to a period of flooding at locations within the Des Moines Metro area.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 12, 11:34 AM CST, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 1234 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 .SHORT TERM /TODAY/... ISSUED AT 349 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 SURFACE LOW LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK EAST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS TODAY. THIS STUBBORN LOW WILL PLACE THE FORECAST AREA WITHIN THE WEAK CAA REGIME THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY. THUS...LOW STRATUS AND AREAS OF DRIZZLE LOOK TO PERSIST THROUGH AT LEAST THE MID-MORNING HOURS OVER CENTRAL IOWA. HAVE KEPT THUNDER MENTIONED IN THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH 12Z WITH SOME LINGERING CONVECTION IN THIS AREA. OTHERWISE...DRIZZLE OR LIGHT SHOWERS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE EAST THROUGH MIDDAY. CLOUD COVER AND NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO KEEP MAX TEMPS DOWN WELL BELOW NORMAL VALUES TODAY. LEANED TOWARD A BLEND OF THE COOLER NAM/ECMWF FOR TEMPERATURES TODAY AS THEY SEEM TO HAVE A BETTER HANDLE ON THE TEMP TREND. .LONG TERM /TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/... ISSUED AT 349 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY THAT HAS MOVED THROUGH THE CWA PREVIOUSLY TO STALL OUT JUST SOUTH OF THE STATE TODAY AND BEGIN TO MOVE BACK NORTH WITH SOUTHERLY FLOW PICKING UP ALOFT AS A WARM FRONT. ENERGY CONTINUES TO LIFT OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS...WITH A SOUTHWEST FLOW PATTERN IN PLACE ALOFT THROUGH THE WEEKEND. A SERIES OF IMPULSES WILL LIFT NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE REGION...WITH A WEAK CENTER TROUGH OF LOW PRESSURE SITUATED TO THE WEST OF THE STATE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR INCREASING CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING LATE TONIGHT INTO THE WEEKEND. MODELS HAVING A TOUGH TIME HANDLING THE TIMING...WITH A FEW MODELS BRINGING PRECIPITATION ALL THE WAY INTO NORTHERN IOWA BY EARLY SATURDAY...WHILE OTHERS KEEP THE BOUNDARY STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA SATURDAY AND LIFT ACTIVITY FURTHER NORTH LATE SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. HAVE SOMEWHAT SPLIT THE TWO SCENARIOS AND LEFT SATURDAY MORNING DRY...AND OVERSPREADING THE CWA WITH POPS SAT AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. OVERALL KEPT HIGHEST POPS ACROSS THE SOUTH FOR THE ENTIRE PERIOD...WITH ACTIVITY EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO SUNDAY. SFC LOW PUSHES EAST SOME INTO SUNDAY...WITH IT BECOMING ORIENTED ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA...WITH THE BOUNDARY STRETCHING ACROSS SC/SE IA. CAPE IS DECENT WITH BETTER SHEAR...SO COULD SEE SOME ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE STORMS MAINLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH OF THE STATE INTO MONDAY. MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS CAN THEN BE EXPECTED FOR MONDAY INTO TUESDAY WITH AN AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING BRIEFLY INTO THE REGION. ANOTHER BROAD TROUGH TO DIG INTO THE WESTERN US...WITH SEVERAL WAVES EJECTING EASTWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL US TOWARD THE MIDDLE TO END OF NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL SET UP INTERMITTENT CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TOWARD THE END OF NEXT WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. TEMPERATURES EXPECTED TO BE COOLER INITIALLY SATURDAY...THEN WARM TO NEAR SEASONAL FOR MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...12/18Z ISSUED AT 1234 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 LOW CIGS WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE TAF PERIOD. CIG HEIGHTS ARE SLOWLY RISING TODAY...WITH ONLY OTM STILL HANGING ON TO IFR AND THAT LIKELY TO LIFT TO MVFR WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...BUT THEN HEIGHTS WILL LOWER AGAIN TO IFR ACROSS MOST OR ALL OF THE AREA OVERNIGHT. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS OR PATCHES OF DZ MAY ONCE AGAIN AFFECT THE AREA AS THEY SPREAD IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST...BUT CONFIDENCE ONLY HIGH ENOUGH TO INCLUDE VCSH IN KDSM/KOTM TAFS AT THIS TIME. LIGHT MVFR BR IS ALSO LIKELY TO REDEVELOP. SATURDAY WILL THEN BE SIMILAR TO TODAY WITH CIG HEIGHTS AND VSBYS SLOWLY IMPROVING AFTER SUNRISE. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. && SHORT TERM...PODRAZIK LONG TERM...BEERENDS AVIATION...LEE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA 249 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 IAZ004>007-015>017-023>028-033>039-044>050-057>062-070>073- 081>083-092>094-131100- EMMET-KOSSUTH-WINNEBAGO-WORTH-PALO ALTO-HANCOCK-CERRO GORDO- POCAHONTAS-HUMBOLDT-WRIGHT-FRANKLIN-BUTLER-BREMER-SAC-CALHOUN- WEBSTER-HAMILTON-HARDIN-GRUNDY-BLACK HAWK-CRAWFORD-CARROLL-GREENE- BOONE-STORY-MARSHALL-TAMA-AUDUBON-GUTHRIE-DALLAS-POLK-JASPER- POWESHIEK-CASS-ADAIR-MADISON-WARREN-ADAMS-UNION-CLARKE-TAYLOR- RINGGOLD-DECATUR- 249 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE INTERMITTENT THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. AT THIS TIME THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. IAZ074-075-084>086-095>097-131100- MARION-MAHASKA-LUCAS-MONROE-WAPELLO-WAYNE-APPANOOSE-DAVIS- 249 PM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL IOWA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT AN ISOLATED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT MAINLY NEAR THE IOWA-MISSOURI BORDER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE INTERMITTENT THUNDERSTORMS CHANCES THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER SUNDAY...OTHERWISE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WOULD BE THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED SUNDAY. LEE
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
933 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015
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..REMARKS..
0835 PM TSTM WND DMG MOULTON 40.69N 92.68W
06/11/2015 APPANOOSE IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
MULTIPLE TREES REPORTED DOWN IN MOULTON PER
APPANOOSE COUNTY SHERIFF DISPATCH
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NWS DES MOINES IA
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
950 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015
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..REMARKS..
0835 PM TSTM WND DMG 6 SW DRAKESVILLE 40.72N 92.56W
06/11/2015 DAVIS IA TRAINED SPOTTER
NUMEROUS BRANCHES DOWN IN WEST GROVE
COMMUNITY...METAL ROOF DAMAGE TO
BUSINESS...TIME RADAR ESTIMATED
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NWS DES MOINES IA
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DES MOINES IA
1003 AM CDT FRI JUN 12 2015
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0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 S DAWSON 41.81N 94.22W
06/12/2015 M3.00 INCH DALLAS IA PUBLIC
24 HOUR RAINFALL/STORM TOTAL OF 3.0 INCHES 2
MILES SOUTH OF DAWSON, IA
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NWS DES MOINES IA
IRIS SYSTEMThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
4 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The river crested at 16.21 feet at 3:30 PM CST on 16 June.
The North Raccoon River at Perry crested at 15.10 feet at 12:30 PM CST on 13 June.
The river crested at 26.61 feet at 11:00 AM CST on 15 June.
The Raccoon River at Van Meter crested at 17.68 feet at 11:00 PM CST on 15 June.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2015Every state in 2015This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, June 2015
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 589996, 590017, 589997, 590023.