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River Flood Warning 129, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 31, 2008Cedar County, Johnson County, Linn County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2008, 9:42 AM CDT for Cedar County, Johnson County, Linn County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 2, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2008, 9:42 AM CDT (14:42 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 2, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 2, 2008, 10:04 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cedar County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Linn County, IA

The river

Written for the forecast point Cedar River at Cedar Rapids (CIDI4). The gauge peaked at 11.64 ft at Jun 1, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05464500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 31, 3:22 AM CDT, 6 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:22 AM CDT, 6 hours 20 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 4:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 52 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
450 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-011000-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
450 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING NORTH OF A LINE FROM WALNUT ILLINOIS...THROUGH THE QUAD
CITIES...TO VINTON IOWA. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ARE WIND
GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH AND HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS. ISOLATED
SEVERE STORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 4 PM AND 7
PM.

RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE
SIGNIFICANT RISES...AND IN SOME INSTANCES MODERATE TO MAJOR
FLOODING...ON TRIBUTARY RIVERS IN EASTERN IOWA. MORE DETAILED AND
UPDATED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT
PRODUCT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

MONDAY...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS OVER MUCH OF THE
AREA. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL.

TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL PROVIDE A
FAVORABLE SETUP FOR DAILY THUNDERSTORM CHANCES. THERE WILL BE THE
POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY. IT IS TOO EARLY TO
DETERMINE MORE SPECIFIC SEVERE WEATHER THREATS OR AREAS AT MOST
RISK.

ON-GOING MINOR TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON TRIBUTARY RIVERS
IN EASTERN IOWA. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS MAY FURTHER
CONTRIBUTE TO THIS FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT
PRODUCT FOR MORE SPECIFIC INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON.

SHEETS

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Sources

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