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River Flood Warning 80, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 7, 2013Muscatine County, Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 7, 2013, 6:20 AM CDT for Muscatine County, Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois. It took effect at May 8, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2013, 6:20 AM CDT (11:20 UTC)
In effect from
May 8, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 18, 2013, 8:29 PM CDT
In force
10 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Rock Island County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:21 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 Mississippi River at Rock Island (RCKI2).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
16 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.

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.