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River Flood Watch 41, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood watch at Oct 31, 2016, 10:38 AM CDT for Cedar County, Louisa County, Muscatine County, Iowa. It took effect at Nov 2, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 54 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 31, 2016, 10:38 AM CDT (15:38 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 2, 2016, 7:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Nov 4, 2016, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cedar County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 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 Cedar River near Conesville (CNEI4). The gauge peaked at 12.98 ft at Nov 3, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 16.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
Nearby
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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.