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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2009, 8:56 AM CDT for Louisa County, Iowa. It took effect at May 1, 2009, 2:12 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2009, 8:56 AM CDT (13:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 1, 2009, 2:12 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 5, 2009, 9:17 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 days
- 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 13:58 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 Iowa River at Wapello (WAPI4). The gauge peaked at 20.93 ft at May 3, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT.
- 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.
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 29, 3:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 3:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Apr 29, 3:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 19 hr |
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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.