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River Flood Warning 120, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 30, 2013Johnson County, Washington County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2013, 11:04 AM CDT for Johnson County, Washington County, Iowa. It took effect at May 30, 2013, 6:20 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2013, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2013, 6:20 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 14, 2013, 3:10 PM CDT
In force: 15 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Johnson County, IA, Washington County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Iowa River at Iowa City (IOWI4). The gauge peaked at 24.90 ft at Jun 4, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 23.5 ft
Moderate stage: 24.5 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05454500, 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 May 30, 9:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 9:53 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:46 AM CDT, 6 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 8:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 10:46 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1046 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013

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

0715 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 E VINTON              42.16N 91.93W
05/29/2013                   BENTON             IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            2 TREES DOWN IN BENTON CITY PARK. TIME ESTIMATED.

0900 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WALKER                  42.29N 91.78W
05/29/2013                   LINN               IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TOWN OF WALKER SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE FROM FLASH
            FLOODING...MOSTLY ASSOCIATED WITH BLUE CREEK. BETWEEN 50
            AND 100 HOMES DAMAGED...1 OR 2 BUSINESSES DESTROYED...AND
            BRIDGES WERE UNDER WATER. 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ABOUT
            2 HOURS.

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DMD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Delaware	40 min
May 29, 8:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Delaware, Jones	51 hr
May 29, 11:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Muscatine, Scott	12 days
May 30, 10:14 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Buchanan, Linn	4 days
May 30, 10:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Jackson	4 days
May 30, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Dubuque	5 days
May 30, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	8 days
May 30, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton	4 days
May 30, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	8 days
May 30, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Scott	6 days
May 30, 11:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Muscatine	12 days
May 30, 1:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott	49 min
May 30, 2:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Dubuque	29 min
May 30, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren	49 min
May 30, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	51 min
May 30, 3:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee and 2 more	47 min
May 30, 3:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Scott	2 hr
May 30, 3:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Scott	2 hr
May 30, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Cedar, Des Moines, Iowa, Johnson, Linn and 4 more	46 min
May 30, 4:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Muscatine	30 min
May 30, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Dubuque, Johnson and 2 more	63 min
May 30, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Muscatine, Scott	54 min
May 30, 5:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Scott	70 min
May 30, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson	67 min
May 30, 1:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Bureau	58 min
May 30, 1:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Whiteside	53 min
May 30, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren	58 min
May 30, 5:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Putnam, Whiteside	60 min
May 30, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Henry, Whiteside	28 min
May 30, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Stephenson	46 min

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.