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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 9, 2008, 9:52 AM CDT for Des Moines County, Henry County, Lee County, Iowa. It took effect at Apr 11, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 9, 2008, 9:52 AM CDT (14:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 11, 2008, 9:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 12, 2008, 7:23 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Lee County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Skunk River at Augusta (AGSI4). The gauge peaked at 14.83 ft at Apr 11, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05474000, 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 9, 4:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 4:33 AM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 9, 3:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa and 12 more | 42 hr |
| Apr 9, 3:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Lee | 30 hr |
| Apr 9, 9:52 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 4 days |
| Apr 9, 10:15 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock | 43 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.