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River Flood Warning 138, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 26, 2019Van Buren County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2019, 10:02 AM CDT for Van Buren County, Iowa. It took effect at May 26, 2019, 5:17 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2019, 10:02 AM CDT (15:02 UTC)
In effect from: May 26, 2019, 5:17 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 3, 2019, 11:03 AM CDT
In force: 8 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Van Buren County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Des Moines River at Keosauqua (KEQI4).

Action stage: 21 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05490500, 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 May 26, 6:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 26, 4:19 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 7:55 AM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
755 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0755 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 W MOUNT STERLING      40.62N 92.00W
05/26/2019  M1.10 INCH       VAN BUREN          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT RAINFALL TOTAL.

&&

PS

Local storm report, May 26, 7:58 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 8:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 8:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 26, 8:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
858 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       BENTLEY                 40.34N 91.11W
05/26/2019  M2.43 INCH       HANCOCK            IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24-HR RAINFALL TOTAL.

0600 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 ESE KEOKUK            40.40N 91.37W
05/26/2019  M2.10 INCH       LEE                IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24-HR RAINFALL TOTAL.

0800 AM     HEAVY RAIN       LA HARPE                40.58N 90.97W
05/26/2019  M1.25 INCH       HANCOCK            IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24-HR RAINFALL TOTAL.

&&

Local storm report, May 26, 9:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
901 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0901 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 ESE KEOSAUQUA         40.72N 91.92W
05/26/2019  M1.00 INCH       VAN BUREN          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            OVERNIGHT RAINFALL TOTAL.

&&

PS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Van Buren	38 min
May 25, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Van Buren	32 min
May 25, 8:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	66 min
May 25, 8:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	6 hr
May 25, 10:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Scott	17 min
May 26, 2:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Van Buren, Washington	63 min
May 25, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	65 min
May 25, 9:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Rock Island	25 min
May 25, 9:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Mercer, Rock Island	41 min
May 25, 9:58 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	8 hr
May 25, 11:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Bureau	45 min
May 25, 7:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Scotland	54 min
May 26, 1:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clark	26 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2019 Every 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.