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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 12, 2010Buchanan County, Linn County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2010, 9:10 AM CST for Buchanan County, Linn County, Iowa. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2010, 9:10 AM CST (15:10 UTC)
Expired
Mar 13, 2010, 9:10 PM CST
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Buchanan County, IA, Linn County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 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 Independence (IDPI4). The gauge peaked at 12.71 ft at Mar 14, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05421000, 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 12, 11:24 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNHancock34 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.