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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 10, 2013Louisa County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2013, 1:19 PM CDT for Louisa County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 10, 2013, 11:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2013, 1:19 PM CDT (18:19 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 10, 2013, 11:24 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2013, 5:10 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Louisa County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:23 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 Iowa River at Columbus Jct (CJTI4).

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 23 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 26.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465100, 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 Mar 10, 12:53 PM CDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 12:53 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 8:02 AM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
802 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-111315-
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-
802 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 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

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST
IOWA FOR TONIGHT.

A DENSE FOG ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI UNTIL NOON TODAY.

TODAY...AREAS OF DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH MUCH OF THE
MORNING IN EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

TONIGHT...LOW PRESSURE WILL TRACK OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS AND INTO
EASTERN IOWA. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW BY EVENING WITH SEVERAL
HOURS OF MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS
OF 3 TO 5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED AT MOST LOCATIONS IN NORTHEAST IOWA.

AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER REPORTS OF MORE THAN AN INCH OF SNOW IS APPRECIATED TONIGHT.

HAASE

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 10, 8:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
857 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0855 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 WNW MORRISON          41.81N 89.98W
03/10/2013  M0.75 INCH       WHITESIDE          IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            EVENT TOTAL SO FAR.

&&

HAASE

Local storm report, Mar 10, 9:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
937 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0935 AM     HEAVY RAIN       QUASQUETON              42.40N 91.76W
03/10/2013  M1.20 INCH       BUCHANAN           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STILL HAVE 3 INCHES OF SNOW ON THE GROUND

&&

DLF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 9, 9:22 PM CST	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	4 days
Mar 10, 3:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Keokuk	5 days
Mar 10, 4:06 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn	17 hr
Mar 10, 6:37 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	21 hr
Mar 10, 7:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson	10 days
Mar 10, 7:24 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Louisa, Washington	6 days
Mar 10, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	5 days
Mar 10, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Jackson	71 hr
Mar 10, 11:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	11 days
Mar 10, 1:19 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	9 days
Mar 10, 5:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Jones, Linn	41 hr
Mar 10, 10:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	70 hr
Mar 10, 10:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clark	3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.