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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 9, 2010Jones County, Linn County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2010, 9:27 AM CST for Jones County, Linn County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 12, 2010, 11:43 AM CST. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2010, 9:27 AM CST (15:27 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 12, 2010, 11:43 AM CST
Expired
Mar 20, 2010, 4:25 AM CDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 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 Wapsipinicon River at Anamosa Shaw Rd (ANSI4). The gauge peaked at 17.65 ft at Mar 17, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
14.5 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
21.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05421740, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 8, 8:56 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 13 more14 hr
Mar 9, 9:27 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNDelaware, Jones43 hr
Mar 9, 9:27 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNJackson51 hr
Mar 9, 9:27 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNKeokuk72 hr
Mar 9, 10:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNIowa, Johnson21 days
Mar 9, 10:35 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNLouisa20 days
Mar 9, 10:44 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNJohnson, Washington5 days

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.