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River Flood Warning 197, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 5, 2019Cedar County, Jones County, Linn County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Oct 5, 2019, 8:47 PM CDT for Cedar County, Jones County, Linn County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 7, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2019, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 7, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 10, 2019, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Cedar County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 Wapsipinicon River at Anamosa Shaw Rd (ANSI4). The gauge peaked at 14.89 ft at Oct 8, 2019, 6:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
14.5 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
21.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05421740, 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 5, 8:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNBenton, Iowa5 days
Oct 6, 2:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNDelaware, Jones25 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.