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River Flood Warning 14, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 10, 2013Cedar County, Louisa County, Muscatine County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 10, 2013, 9:34 PM CDT for Cedar County, Louisa County, Muscatine County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 11, 2013, 2:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 10, 2013, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 11, 2013, 2:00 AM CDT
Expired: Mar 18, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cedar County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cedar River near Conesville (CNEI4). The gauge peaked at 14.01 ft at Mar 11, 2013, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 16.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465000, 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, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 10, 6:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 10, 4:11 PM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
411 PM 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-MOZ009-010-112115-
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-
411 PM 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...TONIGHT

AREAS OF DENSE FOG NEAR AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER WILL
CONTINUE TO LIMIT VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS THROUGH
THIS EVENING.

TONIGHT...LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE THROUGH EASTERN IOWA TONIGHT.  RAIN
WILL CHANGE TO WET SNOW THIS EVENING WITH SEVERAL HOURS OF
MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY SNOW OVERNIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 5
INCHES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT NORTHEAST OF A CEDAR RAPIDS DUBUQUE
LINE.

RUNOFF FROM THE RAINS THAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT AND TODAY HAS BEEN
CAUSING SOME FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND PONDING OF WATER IN
LOCATIONS WHERE THE GROUND IS STILL FROZEN.

ALSO SOME 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 TONIGHT IS
APPRECIATED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 10, 4:16 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before

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

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

0405 PM     HEAVY RAIN       CHARLOTTE               41.96N 90.47W
03/10/2013  M1.20 INCH       CLINTON            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL SO FAR. 4 HOUR TOTAL 0.40 INCHES. WATER IS RUNNING
            OVER CASE STREET IN CHARLOTTE. DEEP CREEK IS OUT OF ITS
            BANKS AND RISING.

&&

PHILIP

Local storm report, Mar 10, 4:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 16 minutes before

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

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

0413 PM     HEAVY RAIN       4 E WHAT CHEER          41.41N 92.28W
03/10/2013  M2.03 INCH       KEOKUK             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            EVENT TOTAL SO FAR. AREA CREEKS AND RIVERS ARE OUT AND
            FLOODING IS OCCURING. STILL SEEING MODERATE RAIN FALLING
            AT THIS TIME.

&&

PHILIP

Local storm report, Mar 10, 6:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 10, 6:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 10, 6:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Mar 10, 6:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 38 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
Mar 10, 11:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	59 hr
Mar 11, 9:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Delaware, Jones	41 hr
Mar 11, 11:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines	6 days
Mar 10, 11:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Henry	70 hr
Mar 11, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	8 days
Mar 11, 9:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island	6 days
Mar 11, 11:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Hancock	59 hr

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.