Current Conditions and Seven Day Forecast

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Index

• Latest Watches, Warnings & Discussions
• Dashboards & GIS Viewers
• Current/Forecast River & Reservoir Stages (includes NWPS links)
• Outlooks & Hydrologic Discussions
• Latest Radar Information
• Latest Hydrologic Antecedent Conditions -- includes soil moisture, flash flood guidance & snow cover / snow water equivalent (SWE) info
• Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPF)
• Drought Information -- includes Drought Monitor & changes
• Temperature, Precip & Drought Outlooks

 

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Latest Watches, Warnings & Discussions

• Misc Information
  • Latest DSS Packet
  • Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO)

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 GIS Viewer Dashboards
  • GIS Viewer (Water)--Iowa | Main Page
    • NWM 7-Day Average Streamflow Percentile
    • NWM Latest Streamflow Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP)
    • NWM Modeled Soil Saturation (%)
    • NWM Medium-Range NBM-Forced 10-Day Max Streamflow Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP)
    • NWM Medium-Range GFS-Forced 10-Day Max Streamflow Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP)
    • NWM Short-Range 18-Hour 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
  • Current Weather Observations Plot (NWS Aviation Weather Center)

 

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

• National Water Prediction Service (NWPS)
  • NWPS--Waterway Observed/Forecast Information
    • Iowa | Main Page
    • Area Hydrographs on One Page (NWS Des Moines)
  • NWPS--Long-Range Probabilistic Information (LRPO) (Flood Outlook)
    • Iowa
  • Other NWPS Links
    • NWS Des Moines NWPS Information Page
• Reservoir Information Not Included Below
  • Rathbun Lake
    • Elevation/Forecast Information
• Related Links
  • QPF Ensemble Hydrographs Information
    • QPF Ensemble Hydrographs
  • Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast System (HEFS)
    • HEFS on NWPS (Iowa)
    • HEFS Experimental Data Webpage
      • NWS Des Moines service area
    • HEFS Information
  • Experimental NCRFC QPF Scenario Guidance

 

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

Saylorville Lake Forecast | Related Information	Lake Red Rock Forecast | Related Information	Coralville Lake Forecast (NWS Quad Cities service area) | Related Information

 

 

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Outlooks & Hydrologic Discussions

• WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlook (ERO)
  • Days 1-5 ERO At-a-Glance
  • ERO Text Discussion
  • ERO Maps by State & CWA (WPC)
  • ERO Maps by State & CWA (IEM)
• NWC Flood Hazard Outlook (FHO)
  • FHO Full Version
  • FHO State Maps
  • FHO One-Pager Reference Document
  • FHO Product Description Document (PDD)
• Other Outlooks & Discussions
  • Significant River Flood Outlook (SRFO)
  • NWC National Hydrologic Discussion (NHD)
  • NWC Area Hydrologic Discussion (AHD)
  • WPC Mesoscale Precip Discussion (MPD)
  • NWS Des Moines Area Forecast Discussion (AFD)
  • Daily Hydrometeorological Discussion (HMD)--North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC)
  • Daily Hydrometeorological Discussion (HMD)--Missouri Basin River Forecast Center (MBRFC)
• Related Links
  • None

 

WPC Excessive Rainfall Outlook (ERO) Graphics

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3

 

Day 4	Day 5

 

 

Note:  delays may exist for the below ERO graphics updates after the national ones.

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3

 

Day 4	Day 5

 

 

Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM) Graphics

Note:  these graphics may update before the above WPC local graphics.

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3

 

Day 4	Day 5

 

 

ERO Category Information

 

 

NWC Flood Hazard Outlook (FHO) Graphics

NWC Flood Hazard Outlook (FHO)

 

 

Note:  delays may exist for the below FHO graphics updates after the national ones.

Days 1-3	Days 4-7	Days 1-7

 

 

Significant River Flood Outlook Graphics

Significant River Flood 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 Information

• Radar Views--Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM)
  • Regional scale (centered on west of Iowa)
  • State scale (centered on NWS Des Moines service area)
• Latest Radar Information
  • NWS Radar Status (general)
  • NWS Radar Status (Level III)
  • 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 Flash Flood Guidance (FFG) Graphics

Note:  color scales may vary for the same FFG values.

1 hour	3 hour	6 hour

 

 

MBRFC Flash Flood Guidance (FFG) Graphics

Note:  color scales may vary for the same FFG values.

1 hour	3 hour	6 hour

 

 

Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM) Flash Flood Guidance (FFG) Graphics

Note:  color scales may vary for the same FFG values.

1 hour	3 hour	6 hour

 

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Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPF)

• QPF Used in River Forecasts
  • North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC) service area
  • Missouri Basin River Forecast Center (MBRFC) service area
  • NWS Weather Prediction Center (WPC)
  • NWS Probabilistic Precip Portal (PPP) (NWS Des Moines service area)
  • NWS Probabilistic Precip Portal (PPP) (NWS Des Moines service area #2)
• Related Links
  • WPC Extreme Precip Monitor
  • WPC Urban Rainfall Rate Dashboard (URRD)
  • WPC Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (PQPF) Webpage
  • SPC HREF Viewer
  • ECMWF EFI/CDF Point-Based Information (Des Moines, IA)

 

NWS QPF Graphics (Mississippi River drainage)

Note:  color scales may vary for the same QPF values.

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3

 

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

 

 

NWS QPF Graphics (Missouri River drainage)

Note:  color scales may vary for the same QPF values.

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3

 

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

 

 

NWS WPC QPF Graphics (National)

Note:  color scales may vary for the same QPF values.

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3

 

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

 

 

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Drought Information

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

 

Drought Monitor Graphics

Latest Drought Conditions (Iowa)	Latest Drought Conditions (Mississippi River Basin)	Latest Drought Conditions (U.S.)

 

12-Week (3-month) Change (Iowa)	12-Week (3-month) Change (Mississippi River Basin)	12-Week (3-month) Change (U.S.)

 

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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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