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River Flood Warning 192, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 3, 2019Keokuk County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Oct 3, 2019, 9:07 AM CDT for Keokuk County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 3, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 3, 2019, 9:07 AM CDT (14:07 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 3, 2019, 6:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 5, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
39 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Keokuk County, IA

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:05 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 North Skunk River near Sigourney (SIGI4). The gauge peaked at 14.38 ft at Oct 4, 2019, 5:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
14.5 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
21 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05472500, 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 Oct 2, 6:39 PM CDT, 14 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 6:39 PM CDT, 14 hours 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 3, 9:07 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNClinton, Scott21 days
Oct 3, 10:20 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNCedar, Louisa, Muscatine10 days
Oct 3, 11:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLee21 days
Oct 2, 9:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNHancock, McDonough56 min
Oct 2, 10:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMcDonough23 min
Oct 3, 9:24 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNHancock, McDonough19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 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.