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River Flood Warning 39, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 12, 2010Des Moines County, Iowa; Henderson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2010, 9:02 PM CST for Des Moines County, Iowa; Henderson County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 14, 2010, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 32 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2010, 9:02 PM CST (03:02 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 14, 2010, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2010, 9:36 AM CDT
In force
32 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Des Moines County, IA, Henderson County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:02 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 Mississippi River at Gladstone (GLDI2).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
12 ft
Major stage
14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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, 9:02 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Lee35 days
Mar 13, 4:43 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Louisa32 days
Mar 13, 4:43 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNBenton, Linn6 days
Mar 13, 10:47 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Louisa17 days
Mar 13, 10:58 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNLee14 days
Mar 13, 3:33 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNLee, Van Buren12 hr
Mar 13, 1:08 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNHenry, Rock Island14 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2010River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.