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River Flood Warning 82, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 9, 2013Dubuque County, Jackson County, Iowa; Jo Daviess County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 9, 2013, 9:11 PM CDT for Dubuque County, Jackson County, Iowa; Jo Daviess County, Illinois. It took effect at May 10, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2013, 9:11 PM CDT (02:11 UTC)
In effect from
May 10, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
May 15, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Dubuque County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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 Dubuque (Railroad Bridge) (DBQI4).

Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
17 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
21.5 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 8:59 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNMuscatine9 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2013River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2013Every 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.