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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 15, 2013Cedar County, Jones County, Linn County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2013, 12:17 AM CDT for Cedar County, Jones County, Linn County, Iowa. It was in force for 38 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2013, 12:17 AM CDT (05:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 16, 2013, 2:06 PM CDT
In force
38 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Cedar County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 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 Anamosa Shaw Rd (ANSI4). The gauge peaked at 14.54 ft at Mar 15, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
14.5 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
21.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05421740, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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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.