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River Flood Warning 48, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2008, 10:28 AM CDT for Louisa County, Iowa. It took effect at Apr 6, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 42 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2008, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 6, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2008, 4:02 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 hr
- 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 15:27 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 Wapello (WAPI4). The gauge peaked at 20.07 ft at Apr 7, 2008, 5:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 18.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 21 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 27.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
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.