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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 15, 2009Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2009, 9:46 AM CDT for Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri. It took effect at Mar 15, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2009, 9:46 AM CDT (14:46 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 15, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 16, 2009, 10:31 AM CDT
In force
19 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 14:50 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 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.

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.