Current Conditions and Seven Day Forecast

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Index

• Current Watches, Warnings & Discussions
• Dashboards & GIS Viewers
• Current/Forecast River & Reservoir Stages (includes NWPS links)
• Significant River Flood Outlooks
• Current Radar Imagery & Past Precipitation / Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE) -- current radar information and estimates of liquid precipitation that has occurred/fallen
• Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPF) -- depicts the amount of liquid precipitation that is expected to fall overt a defined period of time
• Excessive Rainfall Outlooks
• Current Streamflows & Runoff
• Current Hydrologic Conditions -- includes past precipitation, snow cover, soil moisture & flash flood guidance
• Drought Information -- includes Drought Monitor & changes

 

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Current Watches, Warnings & Discussions

• Miscellaneous Information
  • Latest DSS Packet
  • Hazardous Weather Outlook
• Discussions
  • Area Forecast Discussion
  • Daily Hydrometeorological Discussion--North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC)
  • Daily Hydrometeorological Discussion--Missouri Basin River Forecast Center (MBRFC)
  • Area Hydrologic Discussion
  • National Hydrologic Discussion

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 information 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 MRMS/FLASH Data 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 & GIS Viewers
  • NWS Des Moines Rivers Dashboard
  • GIS Viewer (Water)--Iowa | Main Page
    • NWM 7-Day Average Streamflow Percentile
    • NWM Current Streamflow Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP)
    • NWM 10-Day Max Streamflow Annual Exceedance Probability (AEP)
    • NWM Rapid Onset Flooding (ROF) Probabilities
    • QPF
  • GIS Viewer (General)--Iowa | Main Page
  • Weather & Hazards Viewer--Iowa | Main Page
  • RFC Precip Viewer (Past Precip & Flash Flood Guidance)
  • NWS/NCEP All Hazards Dashboard
• USGS Dashboards
  • USGS National Water Dashboard--Iowa | Main Page
• Notification Services
  • Interactive NWS (iNWS) (Note: registration is restricted to certain user groups)
  • USGS WaterAlert

 

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

• National Water Prediction Service (NWPS)
  • NWPS--Waterway Observed/Forecast Information
    • Iowa | Continental U.S. (CONUS) | Main Page
    • Stream Gage Page--Replace Gage ID in URL
    • 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
  • Saylorville Reservoir
    • General Information
    • Elevation/Forecast Information (see below for reservoir forecast graphic)
  • Lake Red Rock
    • General Information
    • Elevation/Forecast Information (see below for reservoir forecast graphic)
  • Rathbun Lake
    • General Information
    • Elevation/Forecast Information
  • Coralville Lake (NWS Quad Cities service area)
    • General Information
    • Elevation/Forecast Information
• Related Links
  • QPF Ensemble Hydrographs Information
    • QPF Ensemble Hydrographs
  • Hydrologic Ensemble Forecast System (HEFS) Information
    • HEFS Experimental Data Web Page
      • NWS Des Moines service area
      • North Central RFC service area
      • Missouri Basin RFC service area
    • Information about HEFS
• Other Links
  • Experimental NCRFC QPF Scenario Guidance

 

Reservoir forecasts are provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Saylorville Lake Forecast	Lake Red Rock Forecast

 

 

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Significant River Flood Outlooks & Flood Hazard Outlooks

• Related Links
  • Significant River Flood Outlooks Web Page
  • National Flood Hazard Outlook

 

Central & Eastern Iowa Significant River Flood Outlook	Western Iowa Significant River Flood Outlook

 

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Current Radar Imagery & Past Precipitation / Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE)

• 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)
• Precipitation Estimates (QPE) & Other
  • NWPS -- Iowa
  • Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor Data (look at Q3 data for precip estimates)
• Current Z-R Relationships & Volume Coverage Patterns (VCPs)
  • Current Radar Z-R Relationships--North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC) service area
  • Current Radar VCPs

 

	1-Hour Precipitation Estimates--NWS Des Moines service area Storm Total Precipitation Estimates--NWS Des Moines service area
NWS Radar Mosaic--Iowa

 

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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
• Related Links
  • Deterministic Precipitation Forecasts (QPF) Web Page
  • Probabilistic Precipitation Forecasts (PQPF) Web Page
  • SPC HREF Viewer

 

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3

 

Days 1-2	Days 1-3

 

Days 4-5	Days 6-7

 

5-Day Total	7-Day Total

 

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Excessive Rainfall Outlooks

• Related Links
  • Excessive Rainfall Outlooks Interactive Display
  • Text Discussion

 

Check the issued times for the Iowa maps--they may not match the national maps.

Day 1 (U.S.)	Day 1 (Iowa)

 

Day 2 (U.S.)	Day 2 (Iowa)

 

Day 3 (U.S.)	Day 3 (Iowa)

 

Day 4 (U.S.)	Day 4 (Iowa)

 

Day 5 (U.S.)	Day 5 (Iowa)

 

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Current Streamflows & Runoff

• Related Links
  • USGS WaterWatch
• 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

 

Iowa Gage Streamflow Percentiles (1-Day)	Iowa Hydro Region Streamflow Percentiles (1-Day)

 

Iowa Streamflow Index (1-Day)	Iowa Streamflow Percent Summary (1-Day)

 

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

 

Iowa Cumulative Runoff (1-Day)	Iowa Cumulative Runoff (7-Day)

 

 

Key for Percentile Classes	Key for Duration Percentile Classes

 

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Current Hydrologic Conditions

• Past Precipitation
  • High Plains Regional Climate Center (HPRCC) Climate Maps
• Soil Moisture
  • CPC
  • NASA SPoRT (default is 10 cm / 4 in)
  • NASA Grace
• Flash Flood Guidance
  • North Central River Forecast Center (NCRFC) Gridded Flash Flood Guidance (GFFG)
  • Missouri Basin River Forecast Center (MBRFC) Gridded Flash Flood Guidance (GFFG)
• Related Links
  • National Snow Analysis (including normals)
  • Snowpack Water Equivalent--Iowa Environmental Mesonet (IEM)
  • NASA SPoRT Soil Moisture Data
  • NASA GRACE Soil Moisture Data

 

Click each image to view an interactive map for that element.

Past Rainfall	Snow Cover & Water Content	Soil Moisture

 

 

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

 

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

 

 

Past Precipitation (7 Days)	Past Precipitation % of Normal (7 Days)

 

Past Precipitation (14 Days)	Past Precipitation % of Normal (14 Days)

 

Past Precipitation (30 Days)	Past Precipitation % of Normal (30 Days)

 

Past Precipitation (3 Months)	Past Precipitation % of Normal (3 Months)

 

Past Precipitation (6 Months)	Past Precipitation % of Normal (6 Months)

 

Past Precipitation (12 Months)	Past Precipitation % of Normal (12 Months)

 

Past Precipitation (24 Months)	Past Precipitation % of Normal (24 Months)

 

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Drought Information

• Related Links
  • Drought Monitor
  • Precip Needed to End Drought
  • Other Drought Information (Climate Prediction Center)

 

Current Drought Conditions (U.S.)	Current Drought Conditions (Iowa)

 

 

1-Week Change (U.S.)	1-Week Change (Iowa)

 

2-Week Change (U.S.)	2-Week Change (Iowa)

 

1-Month (4-Week) Change (U.S.)	1-Month (4-Week) Change (Iowa)

 

3-Month (13-Week) Change (U.S.)	3-Month (13-Week) Change (Iowa)

 

6-Month (24-Week) Change (U.S.)	6-Month (24-Week) Change (Iowa)

 

12-Month (52-Week) Change (U.S.)	12-Month (52-Week) Change (Iowa)

 

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