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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Quad Cities, IA

January 5, 2010Clinton County, Scott County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jan 5, 2010, 4:16 PM CST for Clinton County, Scott County, Iowa. It took effect at Jan 5, 2010, 4:34 PM CST. It was in force for 65 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jan 5, 2010, 4:16 PM CST (22:16 UTC)
In effect from: Jan 5, 2010, 4:34 PM CST
Expired: Jan 8, 2010, 9:41 AM CST
In force: 65 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clinton County, IA, Scott County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 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 Wapsipinicon River near DeWitt (DEWI4). The gauge peaked at 11.13 ft at Jan 4, 2010, 4:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 11.5 ft
Major stage: 12.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05422000, 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 Jan 5, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 3:00 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jan 5, 11:11 AM CST	Winter Storm Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	16 hr
Jan 5, 2:35 AM CST	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Rock Island	8 hr
Jan 5, 10:36 AM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island	24 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2010 Every 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.