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River Flood Warning 190, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 28, 2008Lee County, Van Buren County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 28, 2008, 9:09 AM CDT for Lee County, Van Buren County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 28, 2008, 4:36 PM CDT. It was in force for 60 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2008, 9:09 AM CDT (14:09 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 28, 2008, 4:36 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 31, 2008, 4:42 AM CDT
In force: 60 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 14:12 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 22.36 ft at Jul 30, 2008, 3:00 PM 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 28, 3:18 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 3:18 AM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 4:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 7:31 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 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 27, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	54 min
Jul 27, 7:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Jefferson, Van Buren	3 hr
Jul 27, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	63 min
Jul 27, 7:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren	3 hr
Jul 27, 8:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Keokuk	48 hr
Jul 27, 8:29 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	4 days
Jul 27, 8:49 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Van Buren	6 hr

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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.