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River Flood Warning 171, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 8, 2008Lee County, Van Buren County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 8, 2008, 7:02 AM CDT for Lee County, Van Buren County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 8, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 68 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2008, 7:02 AM CDT (12:02 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 8, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 11, 2008, 5:49 AM CDT
In force: 68 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lee County, IA, Van Buren County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Des Moines River at Keosauqua (KEQI4). The gauge peaked at 23.31 ft at Jul 10, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05490500, 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 Jul 8, 3:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:19 AM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:47 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 6:03 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan	47 min
Jul 7, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque	47 min
Jul 7, 7:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa	55 min
Jul 7, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan	21 min
Jul 7, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Linn	41 min
Jul 7, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Johnson	64 min
Jul 7, 9:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Muscatine, Scott	44 min
Jul 8, 1:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Van Buren	6 hr
Jul 8, 5:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson	29 hr
Jul 8, 9:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	59 hr
Jul 8, 9:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	25 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2008 Every 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.