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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jan 29, 2013, 9:55 AM CST for Delaware County, Jones County, Iowa. It took effect at Jan 29, 2013, 11:18 AM CST. It was in force for 37 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 29, 2013, 9:55 AM CST (15:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 29, 2013, 11:18 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2013, 12:40 AM CST
- In force
- 37 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Delaware County, IA, Jones County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Maquoketa River at Manchester Hwy 20 (MCHI4).
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 17 ft
- Major stage
- 20 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05416900, 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 29, 5:57 AM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 29, 5:57 AM CST, 3 hours 58 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 443 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-301045- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 443 AM CST TUE JAN 29 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA TODAY. PLEASE REFER TO OUR HYDROLOGY PRODUCTS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TODAY AS LOW PRESSURE MOVES UP FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR AHEAD OF THE FRONT WILL GENERATE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SINCE ONLY THE TOP FEW INCHES OF SOIL ARE UNFROZEN...ANY HEAVY RAIN WILL QUICKLY SATURATE THE SOIL AND RUN OFF QUICKLY. THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL. SOME STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE AND SEVERE STORMS CANNOT BE RULED OUT. IF SEVERE STORMS DEVELOP...THE MOST LIKELY AREA IS SOUTH OF A PRINCETON...ILLINOIS TO KEOSAUQUA...IOWA LINE. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS WOULD BE FROM MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT...A WINTER STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. PLEASE REFER TO OUR WINTER WEATHER PRODUCTS FOR SPECIFIC DETAILS. ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST FROM THE SOUTHERN PLAINS TONIGHT. AS TEMPERATURES FALL THE RAIN WILL CHANGE OVER TO SNOW. ACCUMULATING SNOW IS EXPECTED PRIOR TO SUNRISE WEDNESDAY GENERALLY NORTHWEST OF A DUBUQUE TO SIGOURNEY LINE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SNOW THAT DEVELOPS TUESDAY NIGHT WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY. STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW MAY RESULT IN SOME TRAVEL PROBLEMS. BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS LATE WEDNESDAY...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. THERE IS A CHANCE OF SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AS A STORM SYSTEM MOVES SOUTHEAST FROM THE CANADIAN ROCKIES. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS WILL DEPEND UPON WHERE THE STORM SYSTEM TRACKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS SOUTH OF A PRINCETON...ILLINOIS TO KEOSAUQUA...IOWA LINE. REPORTS OF RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER ONE HALF INCH AND HAIL LARGER THAN ONE HALF INCH WILL BE APPRECIATED. LATE TONIGHT AND INTO WEDNESDAY...SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR GREATER WILL BE APPRECIATED.
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jan 28, 9:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Linn | 46 min |
| Jan 28, 10:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 56 min |
| Jan 29, 3:39 AM CST | Winter Storm Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 13 more | 12 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:46 AM CST | Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 14 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:18 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 29, 3:18 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott and 1 more | 27 hr |
| Jan 28, 8:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Putnam | 29 min |
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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.