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River Flood Warning 168, NWS Quad Cities, IA

December 28, 2018Iowa County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Dec 28, 2018, 7:58 PM CST for Iowa County, Iowa. It took effect at Dec 29, 2018, 5:00 PM CST. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 28, 2018, 7:58 PM CST (01:58 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 29, 2018, 5:00 PM CST
Expired
Dec 30, 2018, 10:25 AM CST
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Iowa County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Iowa River at Marengo (MROI4).

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.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 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.