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River Flood Warning 165, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Dec 2, 2018, 10:10 AM CST for Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 2, 2018, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 31 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 2, 2018, 10:10 AM CST (16:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 2, 2018, 12:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 3, 2018, 7:12 PM CST
- In force
- 31 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Lee County, IA, Clark County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Des Moines River at St. Francisville (SFLM7). The gauge peaked at 18.61 ft at Dec 3, 2018, 4:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05490600, 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 Dec 2, 5:40 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Dec 2, 5:40 AM CST, 4 hours 30 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 8:38 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 72 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2018River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2018Every 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.