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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 2, 2009Louisa County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 2, 2009, 6:11 AM CDT for Louisa County, Iowa. It took effect at May 2, 2009, 6:35 AM CDT. It was in force for 28 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2009, 6:11 AM CDT (11:11 UTC)
In effect from: May 2, 2009, 6:35 AM CDT
Expired: May 3, 2009, 10:22 AM CDT
In force: 28 hr
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 11:15 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 Columbus Jct (CJTI4).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 26.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465100, 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 May 2, 3:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 2, 3:18 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 2, 4:49 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
449 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-031000-
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
449 AM CDT SAT MAY 2 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
WEDNESDAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRACKS FROM ARKANSAS TO OHIO.
CURRENT INDICATIONS SHOW THAT ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WOULD BE TO
OUR SOUTHEAST...BUT A SMALL SHIFT IN THE TRACK TO THE NORTH WOULD
BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THIS SYSTEM ALSO BRINGS THE
LIKELIHOOD OF AN ADDITIONAL INCH TO AN INCH AND A HALF OF
RAINFALL...PRODUCING FURTHER RISES ON AREA RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

LE

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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.