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River Flood Warning 97, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 21, 2009, 3:36 AM CDT for Louisa County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 21, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 21, 2009, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 21, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2009, 7:49 PM 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 08:36 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 22.38 ft at Jun 23, 2009, 12:00 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 Jun 21, 3:14 AM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 3:14 AM CDT, 22 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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| Jun 21, 9:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 48 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.