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River Flood Warning 81, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 18, 2009, 8:41 AM CDT for Keokuk County, Iowa. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 18, 2009, 8:41 AM CDT (13:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 2009, 3:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Keokuk County, IA
The radar
The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:39 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 North Skunk River near Sigourney (SIGI4). The gauge peaked at 16.01 ft at May 18, 2009, 9:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 14.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 16 ft
- Moderate stage
- 18 ft
- Major stage
- 21 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05472500, 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, 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.