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River Flood Warning 141, NWS Quad Cities, IA

November 17, 2009Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Nov 17, 2009, 11:15 AM CST for Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri. It took effect at Nov 17, 2009, 7:31 PM CST. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 17, 2009, 11:15 AM CST (17:15 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 17, 2009, 7:31 PM CST
Expired
Nov 18, 2009, 4:29 AM CST
In force
9 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 17:18 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 16, 7:59 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNHancock, McDonough4 days
Nov 17, 10:57 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNClark41 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2009River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.