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River Flood Warning 8, NWS La Crosse, WI

March 12, 2010Floyd County, Mitchell County, Iowa

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2010, 11:33 AM CST for Floyd County, Mitchell County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 12, 2010, 11:41 AM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2010, 11:33 AM CST (17:33 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 12, 2010, 11:41 AM CST
Expired
Mar 16, 2010, 7:25 PM CDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Floyd County, IA, Mitchell County, IA

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:35 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 Cedar River at Charles City (CCYI4).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
15 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05457700, 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 Mar 12, 7:52 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 7:52 AM CST, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 8:34 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryARXAdams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson and 6 more14 hr
Mar 11, 11:08 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningARXMower5 hr
Mar 11, 7:09 PM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryARXMitchell30 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.