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River Flood Warning 137, NWS Quad Cities, IA

November 2, 2009Des Moines County, Lee County, Iowa; Hancock County, Henderson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Nov 2, 2009, 10:22 AM CST for Des Moines County, Lee County, Iowa; Hancock County, Henderson County, Illinois. It took effect at Nov 2, 2009, 4:00 PM CST. It was in force for 37 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 2, 2009, 10:22 AM CST (16:22 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 2, 2009, 4:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 4, 2009, 4:54 AM CST
In force
37 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Des Moines County, IA, Lee County, IA, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:27 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 Mississippi River at Burlington (BRLI4).

Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
16.5 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 2, 10:22 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNHancock21 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2009River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.