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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Feb 4, 2019, 2:59 PM CST for Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 4, 2019, 2:59 PM CST (20:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 10, 2019, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 6 days
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
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 21:01 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 Des Moines River at St. Francisville (SFLM7). The gauge peaked at 22.03 ft at Feb 4, 2019, 2:00 PM 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 Feb 4, 2:34 PM CST, 25 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 4, 2:34 PM CST, 25 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 4, 2:17 PM CST, 42 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 217 PM CST Mon Feb 4 2019 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-052030- Buchanan-Delaware-Dubuque-Benton-Linn-Jones-Jackson-Iowa-Johnson- Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott-Keokuk-Washington-Louisa-Jefferson- Henry IA-Des Moines-Van Buren-Lee-Jo Daviess-Stephenson-Carroll- Whiteside-Rock Island-Henry IL-Bureau-Putnam-Mercer-Henderson- Warren-Hancock-McDonough-Scotland-Clark- 217 PM CST Mon Feb 4 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central Illinois...northwest Illinois...west central Illinois...east central Iowa...northeast Iowa...southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT Colder air will continue to move into the area tonight. Wind chills will be in the single digits above and below zero by sunrise Tuesday. Area rivers are experiencing flooding. Please see the latest Flood Statements and Flood Warnings for details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY Freezing rain will develop over much of the outlook area Tuesday afternoon and continue Tuesday night. Ice accumulations of .1 to .2 inches are expected southeast of a line from Freeport Illinois to Sigourney Iowa and a winter weather advisory has been issued. The precipitation may be mixed with sleet and snow at times. Another storm system will bring wintry precipitation in the form of freezing rain and snow from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday evening. The greatest potential for snow and ice accumulations will be over east central Iowa and northwest Illinois. Colder temperatures will arrive Friday into the weekend with another round of snow possible Saturday night into Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight. Speck/Sheets
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 7:55 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Iowa | 6 days |
| Feb 3, 8:16 PM CST | River Flood Watch | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 10 hr |
| Feb 4, 6:38 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 22 hr |
| Feb 4, 9:55 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 5 days |
| Feb 4, 10:04 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 60 hr |
| Feb 4, 10:13 AM CST | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 7 days |
| Feb 4, 2:15 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 37 hr |
| Feb 3, 8:16 PM CST | River Flood Watch | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 58 min |
| Feb 3, 8:55 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock, McDonough | 71 hr |
| Feb 3, 9:10 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 15 days |
| Feb 4, 9:47 AM CST | River Flood Watch | DVN | Stephenson | 6 days |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2019River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019
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.