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Index

• Latest Watches, Warnings & Discussions
• Dashboards & GIS Viewers
• Current/Forecast River & Reservoir Stages (includes NWPS links)
• Hazard Outlooks & Hydrologic Discussions
• Latest Radar Info
• Latest Hydrologic Antecedent Conditions -- includes soil moisture, flash flood guidance & snow cover / snow water equivalent (SWE) info
• Latest Streamflows & Runoff
• Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE) / Past Precip
• Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPF) & Excessive Rainfall Outlooks (EROs) -- depicts the amount of precipitation that is expected to fall over a defined period of time
• Drought Info -- includes Drought Monitor & changes
• Temperature, Precip & Drought Outlooks

 

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Latest Watches, Warnings & Discussions

• Miscellaneous Info
  • Latest DSS Packet
  • Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO)
• Discussions
  • Area Forecast Discussion (AFD)
  • Daily Hydrometeorological Discussion (HMD)--North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC)
  • Daily Hydrometeorological Discussion (HMD)--Missouri Basin River Forecast Center (MBRFC)
  • Area Hydrologic Discussion (AHD)
  • National Hydrologic Discussion (NHD)

Hazardous Weather Outlook      Flash Flood Watch      Flash Flood Warning      Flash Flood Statement      Areal Flood Warning      Hydrologic Outlook      Flood Watch      Flood Warning      Flood Statement   For additional info on the types of products issued for flooding, please see our NWS Flood Products page.   Additional Links NWS Daily Briefing (All Hazards) USGS Iowa Streamflow Conditions National Water Center (NWC) Operational Services USGS WaterWatch USACE River Gages.com NWS Text Product Finder #1 (IEM) NWS Text Product Finder #2 (IEM) Iowa Flood Center (IFIS) SPC Outlooks at a Glance Local Storm Reports (replace date/time and offices in URL) Frost Depth Iowa Road Conditions

 

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Dashboards & GIS Viewers

• NWS Dashboards
  • NWS/NCEP All Hazards Dashboard
  • NWS Daily Briefing Dashboard
  • NWS Des Moines Rivers Dashboard
  • NWS Weather & Hazards Viewer--Iowa | Main Page
  • NWS Hydro Data Viewer
  • RFC Precip Viewer (Past Precip & Flash Flood Guidance)
  • NWS Des Moines NWPS Dashboard--Lite Version
  • NWS Des Moines NWPS Dashboard--Full Version
• NWS GIS Viewer Dashboards
  • GIS Viewer (Water)--Iowa | Main Page
    • NWM 7-Day Average Streamflow Percentile
    • NWM Latest Streamflow Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP)
    • NWM GFS-Forced 10-Day Max Streamflow Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP)
    • NWM HRRR/RAP-Forced Rapid Onset Flooding (ROF) Probabilities & Hotspots (1-12 hrs)
    • NWM HRRR/RAP-Forced Waterway Length Flooding & ROF Duration (1-18 hrs)
    • WPC Days 1-7 Deterministic Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF)
  • GIS Viewer (General)--Iowa | Main Page
• Other Agency Dashboards
  • USGS National Water Dashboard--Iowa | Main Page
• Notification Services
  • Interactive NWS (iNWS) (Note: registration required & restricted to certain user groups)
  • USGS WaterAlert
• Related Links
  • None

 

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Current/Forecast River & Reservoir Stages (includes NWPS links)

• National Water Prediction Service (NWPS)
  • NWPS--Waterway Observed/Forecast Info
    • Iowa | Continental U.S. (CONUS) | Main Page
    • Area Hydrographs on One Page (NWS Des Moines)
  • NWPS--Long-Range Probabilistic Info (LRPO) (Flood Outlook)
    • Iowa
  • Other NWPS Links
    • NWS Des Moines NWPS Info Page
• Reservoir Info Not Included Below
  • Rathbun Lake
    • Elevation/Forecast Info
• Related Links
  • QPF Ensemble Hydrographs Info
    • QPF Ensemble Hydrographs
  • Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast System (HEFS) Info
    • HEFS Experimental Data Webpage
      • NWS Des Moines Service Area
      • North Central RFC Service Area
      • Missouri Basin RFC Service Area
    • HEFS Info
  • Experimental NCRFC QPF Scenario Guidance

 

Reservoir Forecasts--provided daily by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Saylorville Lake Forecast | Related Info	Lake Red Rock Forecast | Related Info	Coralville Lake Forecast (NWS Quad Cities Service Area) | Related Info

 

 

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Hazard Outlooks & Hydrologic Discussions

• Related Links
  • Significant River Flood Outlook (SRFO)
  • National Flood Hazard Outlook (FHO)
  • National Hydrologic Discussion (NHD)
  • Area Hydrologic Discussions (AHDs)
• Related Links
  • None

 

Significant River Flood & Flood Hazard Outlook Graphics

Significant River Flood Outlook	Flood Hazard Outlook

 

Significant River Flood Outlook (NCRFC)	Significant River Flood Outlook (MBRFC)

 

 

General Hazards Outlook Graphics

Days 3-7 All Hazards Outlook	Days 8-14 All Hazards Outlook

 

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Latest Radar Info

• Radar Views--Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM)
  • State scale (centered on NWS Des Moines Service Area)
  • Regional scale (centered on NWS Des Moines Service Area)
  • Sub-Regional scale (centered on NWS Des Moines Service Area)
  • Regional scale (centered on northwest of Iowa)
  • Regional scale (centered on west of Iowa)
  • Regional scale (centered on southwest of Iowa)
• Latest Radar Info
  • Latest NWS Radar Data Latency
  • Latest NWS Radar Z-R Relationships--North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC) Service Area
  • Latest NWS Radar VCPs
  • NWS Radar Operations Center (ROC)
• Related Links
  • None

 

NWS Radar Graphics

NWS Radar Mosaic--Iowa	1-Hour Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE)--NWS Des Moines Service Area	Storm Total Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE)--NWS Des Moines Service Area

 

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Latest Hydrologic Antecedent Conditions

• Soil Moisture
  • CPC
  • NASA SPoRT-LIS Soil Moisture Percentiles 10 cm (4 in): Used for shorter response time (flash flood) concerns
  • NASA SPoRT-LIS Soil Moisture Percentiles 40 cm (16 in): Used for longer response time (river flood) concerns
  • NASA Grace
• Snow Cover & Snow Water Equivalent (SWE)
  • NOHRSC Interactive Map
  • NOHRSC National Snow Analysis (including normals)
  • Snowpack Water Equivalent--Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM)
• Related Links
  • None

 

NCRFC Gridded Flash Flood Guidance (GFFG) Graphics

NCRFC GFFG (1-hr)	NCRFC GFFG (3-hr)	NCRFC GFFG (6-hr)

 

 

MBRFC Gridded Flash Flood Guidance (GFFG) Graphics

MBRFC GFFG (1-hr)	MBRFC GFFG (3-hr)	MBRFC GFFG (6-hr)

 

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Latest Streamflows & Runoff

• Streamflow Index Key
  • 1 = Record Low
  • 2 = Much Below Normal
  • 3 = Below Normal
  • 4 = Normal
  • 5 = Above Normal
  • 6 = Much Above Normal
  • 7 = Record High
• Related Links
  • USGS WaterWatch

 

USGS Streamflow Graphics

USGS U.S. Streamgage Streamflow Percentiles (1-Day)	USGS U.S. Hydro Region Streamflow Percentiles (1-Day)

 

USGS Iowa Streamgage Streamflow Percentiles (1-Day)	USGS Iowa Hydro Region Streamflow Percentiles (1-Day)

 

USGS Iowa Streamflow Index (1-Day)	USGS Iowa Streamflow Percent Summary (1-Day) Table of Categories/Percentages (1-Day)

 

 

USGS Runoff Graphics

USGS Iowa Average Runoff (1-Day)	USGS Iowa Average Runoff (7-Day)

 

 

Color Keys

Key for Percentile Classes	Key for Duration Percentile Classes

 

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Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE) / Past Precip

• QPE Used in River Forecasts
  • North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC) Service Area
  • Missouri Basin River Forecast Center (MBRFC) Service Area
• Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE) & Other
  • NWPS--Iowa
  • Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Data--Iowa (look at Q3 data for precip estimates)
  • Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Data--General
• Past Precip
  • High Plains Regional Climate Center (HPRCC)
• Related Links
  • None

 

HPRCC Graphics

Past Precip Total (1 week)	Past Precip Total (2 weeks)	Past Precip Total (1 month)

 

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Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPF) & Excessive Rainfall Outlooks (EROs)

• QPF Used in River Forecasts
  • North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC) Service Area
  • Missouri Basin River Forecast Center (MBRFC) Service Area
• WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlooks (EROs)
  • Day 1-5 EROs At a Glance
  • ERO Text Discussion
  • ERO Maps by State & CWA
• Related Links
  • WPC Extreme Precip Monitor
  • WPC Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (PQPF) Webpage
  • WPC Probabilistic Precip Portal (PPP)
  • SPC HREF Viewer
  • ECMWF EFI/CDF Point-Based Info (Des Moines, IA)

 

WPC Deterministic Quantitative Precipiation Forecast (QPF) Graphics

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3

 

Days 1-3	Days 1-5	Days 1-7

 

 

Excessive Rainfall Outlook (ERO) Graphics

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3

 

Day 4	Day 5

 

 

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3

 

Day 4	Day 5

 

 

ERO Category Info

 

 

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Drought Info

• Drought Info
  • Drought Monitor
  • Precip Needed to End Drought
  • Other Drought Info (Climate Prediction Center)
• Related Links
  • None

 

Drought Monitor Graphics

Latest Drought Conditions (U.S.)	Latest Drought Conditions (CONUS)	Latest Drought Conditions (Iowa)

 

1-Week Change	2-Week Change	4-Week (1-Month) Change

 

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Temperature, Precip & Drought Outlooks

• Related Links
  • CPC Webpage

 

CPC Temperature & Precip Outlook Graphics

6-10 Day Outlook (Temperature)	6-10 Day Outlook (Precipitation)

 

8-14 Day Outlook (Temperature)	8-14 Day Outlook (Precipitation)

 

3-4 Week Outlook (Temperature)	3-4 Week Outlook (Precipitation)

 

1-Month Outlook (Temperature)	1-Month Outlook (Precipitation)

 

3-Month Outlook (Temperature)	3-Month Outlook (Precipitation)

 

 

CPC Drought Outlook Graphics

U.S. Monthly Drought Outlook	U.S. Seasonal Drought Outlook

 

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