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River Flood Warning 179, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 13, 2008Louisa County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 13, 2008, 10:24 AM CDT for Louisa County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 14, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 13, 2008, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 14, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 15, 2008, 8:22 AM CDT
In force: 25 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Minor

County Louisa County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Iowa River at Wapello (WAPI4). The gauge peaked at 20.17 ft at Jul 14, 2008, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18.5 ft
Minor stage: 21 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 27.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465500, 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 12, 2:08 PM CDT, 20 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 2:08 PM CDT, 20 hours 16 minutes before

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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.