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River Flood Warning 74, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 14, 2008Keokuk County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 14, 2008, 4:13 AM CDT for Keokuk County, Iowa. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 14, 2008, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
Expired: Apr 14, 2008, 10:46 AM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Minor

County Keokuk County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:17 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 North Skunk River near Sigourney (SIGI4). The gauge peaked at 16.12 ft at Apr 14, 2008, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 14.5 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05472500, 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 14, 3:20 AM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 3:20 AM CDT, 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 13, 5:04 AM CDT, 23 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
504 AM CDT SUN APR 13 2008

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-141015-
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-
504 AM CDT SUN APR 13 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
MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON MANY AREA RIVERS AS
WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH FROM RECENT RAINFALL.

NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 80. EXPECT LOW TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 20S ACROSS
MUCH OF THIS AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY
RIVER LEVELS WILL REMAIN HIGH THROUGH THE PERIOD. MOST TRIBUTARY
RIVERS WILL START FALLING AFTER SUNDAY. FLOODING ON THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL OCCUR MAINLY FROM THE QUAD CITIES
DOWNSTREAM...WITH MOST LOCATIONS CRESTING LATER IN THE WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

12/WOLF

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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.