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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 11, 2008Iowa County, Johnson County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2008, 10:53 AM CDT for Iowa County, Johnson County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 13, 2008, 1:25 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2008, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 13, 2008, 1:25 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2008, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
14 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Iowa County, IA, Johnson County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 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 Iowa River at Marengo (MROI4). The gauge peaked at 18.08 ft at Mar 18, 2008, 8:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05453100, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 10:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNStephenson17 days
Mar 11, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNHenry, Rock Island, Whiteside3 days

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.