The Des Moines River at Ottumwa remained in flood from the month of June. It was mainly in flood due to water releases upstream at Lake Red Rock.
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The Des Moines River at Ottumwa remained in flood from the month of June. It was mainly in flood due to water releases upstream at Lake Red Rock.
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 30, 11:03 PM CST, 57 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Des Moines IA 1203 AM CDT Mon Jul 1 2019 .DISCUSSION.../Tonight through Sunday/ Issued at 347 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019 Have an area of thunderstorms that has formed along an outflow boundary from earlier convection moving into the far north with some additional development along that outflow further west across SW MN and NW IA. The western development having trouble sustaining itself with greater subsidence beneath the large area of high pressure aloft, with the majority of the activity expected to scrape the northeast portion of the CWA where the SVR watch has been issued on the edge of the large area of high pressure aloft and where the outflow from the WI/IL convection earlier has altered the air aloft some. Otherwise CAMS also indicate additional development later tonight with the LLJ into the edge of the upper ridge which could allow additional storms in the far north/northeast. Upper ridge to begin to break down into Monday with more southwest to zonal flow pattern setting up aloft will allow heat to subside somewhat and dewpoints to lower a bit. Will still have a baroclinic zone aloft just to the north of the area which could provide focus for storms to develop just north of Iowa and sink into Iowa during the evening/overnight hours. With the upper ridging breaking down have gone with highs around 90 for Monday and heat index values should drop into the upper 90s with the slightly lowered dewpoints also anticipated. With the near zonal flow pattern remaining through the week across the central US will have continued weak disturbances moving through aloft and a stationary boundary/baroclinic zone in place which will allow for nearly daily storm chances and could lead to some potential for heavy rainfall with slow-moving storms and training of storms possible through the week. The pattern will continue into the weekend and early next week, with mainly seasonal to slightly warmer than seasonal temperatures expected through the July 4th holiday. && .AVIATION.../For the 06Z TAFS through 06Z Monday night/ Issued at 1155 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019 VFR conditions are expected through the period. Thunderstorm activity is expected to remain north of the area though a few showers likely in vicinity of KMCW early. South to southwest wind is expected will prevail through the period though some chance outflow from storms over Minnesota reaches far northern Iowa. && .DMX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && DISCUSSION...Beerends AVIATION...Donavon
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Des Moines IA 903 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019 IAZ023>026-033>038-044>050-057>062-070>075-081>086-092>097-020215- Pocahontas-Humboldt-Wright-Franklin-Sac-Calhoun-Webster-Hamilton- Hardin-Grundy-Crawford-Carroll-Greene-Boone-Story-Marshall-Tama- Audubon-Guthrie-Dallas-Polk-Jasper-Poweshiek-Cass-Adair-Madison- Warren-Marion-Mahaska-Adams-Union-Clarke-Lucas-Monroe-Wapello- Taylor-Ringgold-Decatur-Wayne-Appanoose-Davis- 903 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa. .DAY ONE...Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Thunderstorm chances will persist for much of the coming week, at first over northern Iowa on Monday then spreading across the rest of the state by midweek. There will be some potential for severe weather at times, mainly across northern Iowa Monday and Tuesday, as well as locally heavy rainfall as the week progresses. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not expected. IAZ004>007-015>017-027-028-039-020215- Emmet-Kossuth-Winnebago-Worth-Palo Alto-Hancock-Cerro Gordo- Butler-Bremer-Black Hawk- 903 PM CDT Sun Jun 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Iowa. .DAY ONE...Tonight Thunderstorm are possible overnight. At this time, no severe weather is expected. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Thunderstorm chances will persist for much of the coming week, at first over northern Iowa on Monday then spreading across the rest of the state by midweek. There will be some potential for severe weather at times, mainly across northern Iowa Monday and Tuesday, as well as locally heavy rainfall as the week progresses. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is possible in far northern Iowa.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Des Moines River at Ottumwa had already crested in June and slowly fell through the first portion of July.
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