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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 4, 2008Clinton County, Scott County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 4, 2008, 9:20 AM CDT for Clinton County, Scott County, Iowa. It was in force for 34 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 4, 2008, 9:20 AM CDT (14:20 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2008, 8:34 PM CDT
In force
34 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Clinton County, IA, Scott County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:18 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 Wapsipinicon River near DeWitt (DEWI4). The gauge peaked at 13.26 ft at May 1, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
11.5 ft
Major stage
12.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05422000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.