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River Flood Warning 15, NWS La Crosse, WI

May 13, 2010Clayton County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at May 13, 2010, 6:40 AM CDT for Clayton County, Iowa. It took effect at May 13, 2010, 4:58 PM CDT. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 2010, 6:40 AM CDT (11:40 UTC)
In effect from
May 13, 2010, 4:58 PM CDT
Expired
May 13, 2010, 5:29 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Flood severity
Minor

County Clayton County, IA

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:41 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 Turkey River at Garber (GRBI4). The gauge peaked at 15.78 ft at May 13, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05412500, 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 La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 13, 3:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 13, 3:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 2:18 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXClayton4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.