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River Flood Warning 162, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 5, 2010Johnson County, Washington County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 5, 2010, 4:31 AM CDT for Johnson County, Washington County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 5, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2010, 4:31 AM CDT (09:31 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 5, 2010, 9:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 8, 2010, 3:52 AM CDT
In force
55 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Johnson County, IA, Washington County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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 English River at Kalona (KALI4). The gauge peaked at 15.82 ft at Jul 6, 2010, 11:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05455500, 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 Jul 5, 2:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 2:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 10:35 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 4, 11:42 PM CDT, 4 hours 49 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 5, 3:46 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 10:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNIowa, Keokuk85 min
Jul 5, 4:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNJohnson, Louisa, Washington4 days
Jul 5, 4:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNKeokuk8 days
Jul 5, 4:31 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee4 days
Jul 5, 3:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNBenton, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson and 5 more14 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.