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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Feb 5, 2019, 10:25 AM CST for Cedar County, Louisa County, Muscatine County, Iowa. It took effect at Feb 6, 2019, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 3 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 5, 2019, 10:25 AM CST (16:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2019, 6:00 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 9, 2019, 3:00 PM CST
- In force
- 3 days
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Cedar County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:30 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 Cedar River near Conesville (CNEI4). The gauge peaked at 12.03 ft at Feb 6, 2019, 2:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 16.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465000, 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 5, 5:32 AM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 5:32 AM CST, 4 hours 53 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 4:15 AM CST, 6 hours 10 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 415 AM CST Tue Feb 5 2019 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-061015- 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- 415 AM CST Tue Feb 5 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT Freezing rain and sleet will develop across the area this afternoon and continue into tonight. Ice accumulations of 0.25 to 0.4 inches is expected south of a line from Freeport, Illinois to Washington, Iowa. North of that line ice accumulations of 0.1 to 0.2 inches are expected. Ice storm warnings are in effect for areas along and south of a line from roughly Freeport, Illinois to Washington, Iowa. North of that line winter weather advisories are in effect. Area rivers are experiencing flooding due to snow melt and ice jams. Please see the latest Flood Statements and Flood Warnings for details. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A storm system will bring a wintry mix of precipitation to the area Wednesday afternoon through Thursday. The precipitation may transition to all rain south of a line from Fairfield ,to the Quad Cities, to Sterling Rock Falls Wednesdy afternoon and evening. Winds will gust up to 30 MPH Thursday afternoon into Friday as colder air moves into the region. The wind and cold temperatures will create wind chills of 15 to 25 below zero late Thursday night into Friday morning. Colder than normal temperatures will continue into the weekend. Another storm system will impact the region Sunday with snow and more snow is possible Monday and Tuesday. Due to uncertainty in storm tracks, it is too early to estimate any potential snowfall amounts. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter reports of ice amounts over one tenth ice will be appreciated.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 7:09 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Lee | 5 days |
| Feb 4, 9:42 PM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Jackson | 36 hr |
| Feb 5, 1:44 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 8 days |
| Feb 5, 3:36 AM CST | Ice Storm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee and 5 more | 24 hr |
| Feb 5, 3:33 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 27 min |
| Feb 5, 5:49 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 41 min |
| Feb 5, 1:16 AM CST | River Flood Warning | DVN | Hancock | 15 days |
| Feb 5, 4:46 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Whiteside | 29 min |
Nearby
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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.