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River Flood Warning 149, NWS Quad Cities, IA

December 26, 2009Louisa County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2009, 3:06 PM CST for Louisa County, Iowa. It took effect at Dec 27, 2009, 2:32 AM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2009, 3:06 PM CST (21:06 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 27, 2009, 2:32 AM CST
Expired
Dec 26, 2009, 8:22 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

County Louisa County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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 Iowa River at Wapello (WAPI4). The gauge peaked at 19.24 ft at Dec 27, 2009, 2:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
18.5 ft
Minor stage
21 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
27.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465500, 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
Dec 26, 9:16 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee26 hr
Dec 25, 8:48 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNHenry, Rock Island5 days
Dec 26, 9:46 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDVNBureau, Carroll, Henry, Putnam, Whiteside10 hr
Dec 26, 9:58 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNHenry, Rock Island, Whiteside4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 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.