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River Flood Warning 83, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 18, 2008Des Moines County, Henry County, Lee County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2008, 9:51 AM CDT for Des Moines County, Henry County, Lee County, Iowa. It took effect at Apr 19, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2008, 9:51 AM CDT (14:51 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 19, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 21, 2008, 7:49 AM CDT
In force: 40 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 14:53 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 Skunk River at Augusta (AGSI4). The gauge peaked at 15.13 ft at Apr 20, 2008, 10:00 AM 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 17, 3:48 PM CDT, 18 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 3:48 PM CDT, 18 hours 3 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 17, 8:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Muscatine, Scott	30 days
Apr 17, 8:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa, Muscatine	30 days
Apr 17, 8:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Jones, Linn	15 days
Apr 18, 6:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Keokuk	5 days
Apr 18, 9:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Louisa, Washington	42 hr
Apr 18, 9:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	3 days
Apr 18, 9:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	42 hr
Apr 18, 11:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	3 days
Apr 18, 11:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	20 days
Apr 18, 11:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Muscatine, Scott	71 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2008 Every 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.