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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Quad Cities, IA

January 24, 2010Louisa County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jan 24, 2010, 2:34 PM CST for Louisa County, Iowa. It took effect at Jan 25, 2010, 3:36 PM CST. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 24, 2010, 2:34 PM CST (20:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 25, 2010, 3:36 PM CST
Expired: Jan 27, 2010, 7:00 PM CST
In force: 51 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 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Iowa River at Wapello (WAPI4). The gauge peaked at 20.56 ft at Jan 26, 2010, 9:00 PM CST.

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 Jan 24, 2:25 PM CST, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 24, 2:25 PM CST, 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 24, 5:04 AM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
504 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-251115-
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-
504 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

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

AREAS OF DENSE FOG REDUCING VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR
LESS MAY LINGER THOUGH MID MORNING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS AWAY
FROM WIDESPREAD RAINFALL. VISIBILITIES WILL IMPROVE FROM WEST TO
EAST AS WINDS INCREASE BY LATE MORNING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH MAY FALL ALONG AND
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER THROUGH MID MORNING BEFORE THE RAIN
DECREASES AND MOVES OUT OF THE AREA. THIS RAINFALL AS WELL AS THE
RAIN FROM OVERNIGHT COMBINED WITH SNOW MELT MAY PRODUCE SOME
URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING THROUGH NOON TODAY.

THE RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT FROM OVERNIGHT AND THIS MORNING WILL
CONTINUE TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RISES ON SOME AREA RIVERS AND
STREAMS. THERE WILL ALSO BE THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS AND LOCALLY
ENHANCED FLOODING. PORTIONS OF THE ROCK RIVER ARE ALREADY
EXPERIENCING MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

STRONG WINDS OF 30 TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED MONDAY INTO MONDAY
EVENING. THESE WINDS IN COMBINATION WITH FALLING SNOW
MAY CREATE REDUCED VISIBILITIES BELOW 1 MILE AT TIMES IN
BLOWING SNOW... ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

12/05

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jan 24, 8:51 AM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
851 AM CST SUN JAN 24 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0849 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 WSW INDUSTRY          40.32N 90.64W
01/24/2010  M1.10 INCH       MCDONOUGH          IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER ALSO REPORTS GRINDSTONE CREEK OUT OF IT BANKS.

&&

MIKEZ

Local storm report, Jan 24, 9:23 AM CST, 5 hours 11 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 24, 9:51 AM CST, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jan 24, 1:04 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 23, 9:07 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	11 hr
Jan 24, 7:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	23 hr
Jan 24, 7:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Keokuk	38 hr
Jan 24, 7:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	8 days
Jan 24, 7:05 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	4 days
Jan 24, 9:11 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson	26 hr
Jan 24, 2:34 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	64 hr
Jan 24, 6:24 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	3 days
Jan 24, 6:35 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clark	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2010 Every 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.