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River Flood Watch 13, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood watch at Apr 30, 2018, 11:08 AM CDT for Des Moines County, Louisa County, Iowa; Henderson County, Mercer County, Illinois. It took effect at May 6, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2018, 11:08 AM CDT (16:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 6, 2018, 1:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- May 1, 2018, 10:09 PM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Des Moines County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Henderson County, IL, Mercer County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Mississippi River at Keithsburg (KHBI2).
- Action stage
- 13 ft
- Minor stage
- 14 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15.5 ft
- Major stage
- 17 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 11:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Dubuque | 8 days |
| Apr 30, 11:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 35 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 35 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines | 35 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:08 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Des Moines, Lee | 35 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Watches in Iowa, 2018River Flood Watches in Illinois, 2018Every river flood watch 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.