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River Flood Warning 127, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 2, 2018Jackson County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Oct 2, 2018, 10:12 AM CDT for Jackson County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 3, 2018, 2:52 AM CDT. It was in force for 66 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 2, 2018, 10:12 AM CDT (15:12 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 3, 2018, 2:52 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 5, 2018, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 66 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Jackson County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Maquoketa River near Maquoketa (MAQI4). The gauge peaked at 26.27 ft at Oct 3, 2018, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 24 ft
Moderate stage: 26 ft
Major stage: 28.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05418500, 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 Oct 2, 6:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 6:41 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 5:17 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 2, 8:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 2, 9:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 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
Oct 1, 9:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Buchanan, Linn	62 hr
Oct 1, 9:41 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Jones, Linn	15 days
Oct 1, 9:46 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Jackson	13 hr
Oct 1, 10:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Muscatine, Scott	26 days
Oct 1, 10:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa, Muscatine	28 days
Oct 1, 10:40 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque	15 hr
Oct 2, 2:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Linn	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2018 Every river flood warning in 2018

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.