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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2013, 11:36 AM CDT for Des Moines County, Lee County, Iowa; Hancock County, Henderson County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 14, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 91 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 12, 2013, 11:36 AM CDT (16:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2013, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2013, 4:36 AM CDT
- In force
- 91 days
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Des Moines County, IA, Lee County, IA, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Burlington (BRLI4).
- Action stage
- 14 ft
- Minor stage
- 15 ft
- Moderate stage
- 16.5 ft
- Major stage
- 18 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Apr 12, 7:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 7:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 12, 11:36 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 92 days |
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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.