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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 9, 2010Keokuk County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 9, 2010, 9:27 AM CST for Keokuk County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 12, 2010, 7:04 PM CST. It was in force for .

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, 7:04 PM CST
Expired
Mar 12, 2010, 9:17 AM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

County Keokuk County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 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 North Skunk River near Sigourney (SIGI4). The gauge peaked at 13.21 ft at Mar 11, 2010, 9:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
14.5 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05472500, 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 WarningDVNJones, Linn11 days
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.