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River Flood Watch 22, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood watch at Sep 21, 2016, 9:44 PM CDT for Louisa County, Iowa. It took effect at Sep 26, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2016, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 26, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2016, 9:44 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Louisa County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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 Iowa River at Columbus Jct (CJTI4).
- Action stage
- 19 ft
- Minor stage
- 23 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 26.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465100, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Sep 21, 6:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 6:27 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 21, 4:20 AM CDT, 17 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 420 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2016 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-220930- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON- CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL- WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- 420 AM CDT WED SEP 21 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING AND AGAIN LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 30. SEVERE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED. STRONG STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH...SMALL HAIL AND LOCALIZED 1 INCH PLUS RAIN AMOUNTS MAY OCCUR. AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME...NO SEVERE STORMS ARE ANTICIPATED. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. AT THIS TIME IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE ANY SEVERE WEATHER OR HEAVY RAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY. ANY RAINFALL REPORTS OVER 1 INCH WOULD BE APPRECIATED. NICHOLS/08
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Linn | 8 days |
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Linn | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 24 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Buchanan, Linn | 8 days |
| Sep 21, 9:44 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Cedar, Jones, Linn | 38 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Linn | 8 days |
| Sep 22, 10:26 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Linn | 10 days |
| Sep 22, 10:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 14 days |
| Sep 22, 10:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 16 days |
| Sep 22, 10:50 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 16 days |
| Sep 22, 11:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 8 days |
| Sep 22, 11:47 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 11 days |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Jackson | 5 days |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton | 71 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Scott | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Muscatine | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Lee | 48 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton | 31 min |
| Sep 22, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Linn | 65 min |
| Sep 22, 12:04 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Hancock | 48 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Watches in Iowa, 2016Every river flood watch in 2016
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.