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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 27, 2009Delaware County, Jones County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 27, 2009, 1:38 PM CDT for Delaware County, Jones County, Iowa. It took effect at Apr 27, 2009, 1:44 PM CDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 27, 2009, 1:38 PM CDT (18:38 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 27, 2009, 1:44 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 28, 2009, 2:11 AM CDT
In force: 12 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Delaware County, IA, Jones County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Maquoketa River at Manchester Hwy 20 (MCHI4). The gauge peaked at 14.33 ft at Apr 27, 2009, 4:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 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 05416900, 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 27, 12:39 PM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 12:39 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 27, 7:45 AM CDT, 5 hours 53 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 26, 7:16 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan	5 hr
Apr 26, 8:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn	52 min
Apr 26, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, Scott	61 min
Apr 26, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington	119 min
Apr 26, 11:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 1 more	10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2009 Every 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.