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River Flood Warning 145, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 7, 2008, 12:05 PM CDT for Benton County, Linn County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 9, 2008, 8:58 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 7, 2008, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 9, 2008, 8:58 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 18, 2008, 7:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 9 days
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Benton County, IA, Linn County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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 at Vinton (VINI4).
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 19 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05464315, 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 Jun 7, 3:57 AM CDT, 8 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:57 AM CDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 9:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 929 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-081000- 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- 929 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 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 A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR MUCH OF IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND A ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE AGAIN LATER TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE NUMEROUS TONIGHT. WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS OVER ALL OF EASTERN IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...THE HIGHEST RISK EXISTS GENERALLY NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM OTTUMWA IOWA TO ROCKFORD ILLINOIS. THIS INCLUDES THE CEDAR RAPIDS AND DUBUQUE AREAS. THE HAZARDS POSSIBLE TODAY INCLUDE TORNADOES...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL EXACERBATE RIVER FLOODING AND POSSIBLY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR NORTHEAST AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WATCHES FOR SEVERE WEATHER ARE ANTICIPATED LATER TODAY. IF YOU WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TODAY...BE SURE TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION IN THIS VOLATILE WEATHER SITUATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ONE OR MORE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT SAGGING SLOWLY SOUTH THROUGH THE REGION. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING AND COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE HIGHER CRESTS ON SOME AREA RIVERS. IN ADDITION...WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL EXIST LATE TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. MINOR TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON MANY EASTERN IOWA TRIBUTARY RIVERS...WITH MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER SOUTH OF MUSCATINE. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT PRODUCT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED LATER TODAY. A CONFERENCE CALL FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED ABOUT 1130 AM THIS MORNING. WOLF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 47 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:12 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Linn | 9 days |
| Jun 7, 1:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Muscatine, Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 2:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 93 min |
| Jun 7, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 53 min |
| Jun 7, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 50 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.