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River Flood Warning 134, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 4, 2018Keokuk County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Oct 4, 2018, 8:29 PM CDT for Keokuk County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 6, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 4, 2018, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 6, 2018, 8:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 15, 2018, 2:56 PM CDT
In force: 9 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Keokuk County, IA

The river

Written for the forecast point North Skunk River near Sigourney (SIGI4). The gauge peaked at 21.04 ft at Oct 12, 2018, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 14.5 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05472500, 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, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 4, 6:27 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 4, 8:19 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 4, 4:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 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 5, 9:46 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	8 days
Oct 5, 2:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren	38 min
Oct 5, 6:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more	42 min
Oct 5, 11:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Whiteside	9 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.