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River Flood Warning 51, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 9, 2008, 3:57 AM CDT for Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2008, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 10, 2008, 10:26 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Lee County, IA, Clark County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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 Des Moines River at St. Francisville (SFLM7).
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05490600, 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 Apr 8, 3:11 PM CDT, 12 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 3:11 PM CDT, 12 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 4:49 AM CDT, 23 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 449 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-091000- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 449 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO DUBUQUE. PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE DAY TODAY. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING. LOCATIONS MOST LIKELY TO HEAR THUNDER WILL BE SOUTHEAST IOWA...AND ALL ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS LIKELY ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH POTENTIAL FOR GREATER THAN ONE INCH EAST OF A FAIRFIELD TO DUBUQUE LINE. MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ON A FEW TRIBUTARY RIVERS IN EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR FURTHER DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY EVENING AS AN STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES INTO THE AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE RANGE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. THIS MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND LEAD TO ADDITIONAL RISES AND FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS THURSDAY IN THE AREA ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL WITH A SECONDARY THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND WITH STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. ERVIN/SHEETS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa and 12 more | 42 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 4 days |
| Apr 9, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 3 days |
| Apr 9, 10:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock | 43 days |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2008River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.