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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 11, 2015Iowa County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 11, 2015, 11:09 AM CDT for Iowa County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 12, 2015, 8:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 2015, 11:09 AM CDT (16:09 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 12, 2015, 8:20 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2015, 8:20 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Iowa County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Iowa River at Marengo (MROI4). The gauge peaked at 16.46 ft at Jun 12, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT.

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 Jun 11, 6:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:14 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 5:08 AM CDT, 6 hours 1 minute before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 6:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 11, 9:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 10, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jefferson, Van Buren	29 min
Jun 10, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Lee	44 min
Jun 10, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	29 min
Jun 11, 6:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Linn	70 min
Jun 11, 10:56 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	18 hr
Jun 11, 4:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Des Moines	40 min
Jun 11, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Scott	33 min
Jun 10, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henderson	33 min
Jun 10, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Warren	40 min
Jun 10, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henderson, Warren	35 min
Jun 10, 10:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Warren	6 hr
Jun 10, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henderson, McDonough, Warren	31 min
Jun 11, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Henry, Mercer, Rock Island	28 min
Jun 10, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Scotland	36 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.