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River Flood Warning 185, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 20, 2008, 11:24 AM CDT for Louisa County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 21, 2008, 11:19 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 20, 2008, 11:24 AM CDT (16:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 21, 2008, 11:19 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2008, 5:20 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 days
- 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 16:27 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 Columbus Jct (CJTI4).
- Action stage
- 19 ft
- Minor stage
- 23 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 26.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465100, 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 20, 2:50 AM CDT, 8 hours 34 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 2:50 AM CDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 454 AM CDT SUN JUL 20 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-211000- 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- 454 AM CDT SUN JUL 20 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 THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IS FORECASTING A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS MAINLY NORTH OF SIGOURNEY IOWA...TO ALEDO ILLINOIS...TO PROPHETSTOWN ILLINOIS TONIGHT. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY THIS MORNING. PARTLY CLOUDY...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER WILL PERSIST THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY WITH HEAT INDEX READINGS IN THE UPPER 90S LIKELY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...ANOTHER COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS IS LIKELY TO FORM IN CENTRAL AND NORTHERN IOWA. THIS AREA OF STORMS IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD OVER THE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE...BUT HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING ARE A HIGHER THREAT. MUCH OF THE REGION IS SATURATED BY THE PAST FEW DAYS RAINFALL...AND AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 1 OR 2 INCHES TONIGHT ARE LIKELY TO BRING FLASH FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA. TRAINING STORMS TONIGHT MAY CAUSE LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS EXCEEDING 3 INCHES. AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS...WITH SOME SEVERE WEATHER AND HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...WITH THE BEST CHANCES ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 WHERE THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IS FORECASTING A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH NEXT WEEK...BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE SEVERE WEATHER OR HEAVY RAIN THREATS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. ERVIN
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 20, 11:04 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 65 min |
| Jul 19, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Linn | 55 min |
| Jul 19, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 56 min |
| Jul 19, 9:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jones | 53 min |
| Jul 19, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 66 min |
| Jul 20, 3:10 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 28 hr |
| Jul 20, 11:30 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 47 hr |
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.