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River Flood Warning 133, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 4, 2018Lee County, Iowa; Hancock County, Illinois; Clark County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Oct 4, 2018, 11:14 AM CDT for Lee County, Iowa; Hancock County, Illinois; Clark County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 7, 2018, 9:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 4, 2018, 11:14 AM CDT (16:14 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 7, 2018, 9:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 27, 2018, 8:56 PM CDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Lee County, IA, Hancock County, IL, Clark County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Keokuk (EOKI4).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 17.5 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 4, 6:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 6:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 29 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 3, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn	54 min
Oct 3, 9:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	50 min
Oct 3, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Iowa, Johnson	74 min
Oct 3, 10:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, Scott	72 min
Oct 4, 9:29 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Louisa, Washington	12 days
Oct 4, 1:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more	48 hr
Oct 3, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jo Daviess, Stephenson	47 min
Oct 3, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Whiteside	25 min
Oct 4, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	45 min
Oct 4, 10:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island	20 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2018 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2018 River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 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.