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River Flood Warning 108, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 9, 2008Cedar County, Louisa County, Muscatine County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 9, 2008, 10:23 AM CDT for Cedar County, Louisa County, Muscatine County, Iowa. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2008, 10:23 AM CDT (15:23 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2008, 10:20 PM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Cedar County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Cedar River near Conesville (CNEI4).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
16.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.