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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 28, 2015Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 28, 2015, 8:23 AM CDT for Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri. It took effect at Jul 28, 2015, 8:53 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 28, 2015, 8:23 AM CDT (13:23 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 28, 2015, 8:53 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 2, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lee County, IA, Clark County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Des Moines River at St. Francisville (SFLM7). The gauge peaked at 20.60 ft at Jul 28, 2015, 5:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 25 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05490600, 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 Jul 28, 6:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 6:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 7:02 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
Jul 27, 9:13 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa and 2 more	22 hr
Jul 28, 10:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Delaware, Iowa, Johnson and 2 more	2 hr
Jul 28, 11:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jones	44 min
Jul 28, 3:24 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 9 more	12 hr
Jul 28, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Iowa	46 min
Jul 28, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa	30 min
Jul 28, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Iowa	33 min
Jul 28, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Keokuk, Washington	88 min
Jul 28, 6:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington	66 min
Jul 28, 4:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clark	65 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2015 River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.