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River Flood Warning 92, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 25, 2013Iowa County, Johnson County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2013, 9:49 AM CDT for Iowa County, Johnson County, Iowa. It took effect at May 26, 2013, 1:32 PM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2013, 9:49 AM CDT (14:49 UTC)
In effect from
May 26, 2013, 1:32 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 14, 2013, 3:10 PM CDT
In force
19 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Iowa County, IA, Johnson County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:49 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 Iowa River at Marengo (MROI4). The gauge peaked at 20.34 ft at May 31, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05453100, 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 May 25, 7:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 7:02 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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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.