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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 14, 2010Buchanan County, Linn County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2010, 4:55 PM CDT for Buchanan County, Linn County, Iowa. It was in force for 43 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 14, 2010, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2010, 11:27 AM CDT
In force
43 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 21:57 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 at Independence (IDPI4). The gauge peaked at 13.12 ft at Mar 15, 2010, 11:00 AM 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.

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.