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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood watch at Jan 22, 2017, 8:24 PM CST for Iowa County, Johnson County, Iowa. It took effect at Jan 24, 2017, 12:00 AM CST. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 22, 2017, 8:24 PM CST (02:24 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 24, 2017, 12:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Jan 29, 2017, 9:00 AM CST
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Iowa County, IA, Johnson County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:28 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 15.17 ft at Jan 21, 2017, 8:00 PM CST.
- 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 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 Jan 22, 3:39 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 22, 3:39 PM CST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 23, 10:08 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Iowa | 24 hr |
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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.