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River Flood Warning 36, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 16, 2008Jones County, Linn County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 16, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT for Jones County, Linn County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 18, 2008, 11:16 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 16, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 18, 2008, 11:16 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 24, 2008, 5:07 AM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wapsipinicon River at Anamosa Shaw Rd (ANSI4). The gauge peaked at 17.06 ft at Mar 21, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 14.5 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05421740, 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 Mar 16, 3:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 3:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 4:50 AM CDT, 16 hours 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 16, 4:44 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Mar 16, 5:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 16, 6:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute 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
Mar 16, 9:03 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Buchanan, Linn	23 hr
Mar 17, 3:36 AM CDT	Flood Watch	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren	18 hr
Mar 17, 11:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines	23 hr
Mar 17, 11:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	23 hr
Mar 17, 11:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	9 hr
Mar 17, 11:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	22 hr
Mar 17, 12:05 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Louisa	9 hr
Mar 17, 12:05 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Louisa	22 hr
Mar 17, 12:05 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Lee	22 hr
Mar 17, 2:45 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Linn	55 hr
Mar 17, 12:05 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Hancock	22 hr

Nearby

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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.