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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 23, 2015Clinton County, Scott County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 23, 2015, 8:55 AM CDT for Clinton County, Scott County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 23, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2015, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 23, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 28, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Clinton County, IA, Scott County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wapsipinicon River near DeWitt (DEWI4). The gauge peaked at 11.79 ft at Jun 25, 2015, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 11.5 ft
Major stage: 12.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05422000, 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 23, 6:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 6:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 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 23, 3:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	42 hr
Jun 22, 7:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Whiteside	4 hr
Jun 22, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Whiteside	14 min
Jun 22, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Mercer, Rock Island	15 min
Jun 22, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	33 min
Jun 22, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Henry	53 min
Jun 22, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	30 min
Jun 22, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	14 min
Jun 23, 2:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Whiteside	71 hr
Jun 22, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Scotland	53 min
Jun 22, 7:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Clark, Scotland	4 hr

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.