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River Flood Warning 85, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 15, 2013Lee County, Iowa; Hancock County, Illinois; Clark County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 15, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT for Lee County, Iowa; Hancock County, Illinois; Clark County, Missouri. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2013, 11:00 AM CDT (16:00 UTC)
Expired
May 18, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Lee County, IA, Hancock County, IL, Clark County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Keokuk (EOKI4).

Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
17.5 ft
Major stage
19 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

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