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River Flood Warning 198, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 5, 2019Benton County, Iowa County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Oct 5, 2019, 8:57 PM CDT for Benton County, Iowa County, Iowa. It took effect at Oct 6, 2019, 8:42 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2019, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 6, 2019, 8:42 AM CDT
Expired
Oct 11, 2019, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Benton County, IA, Iowa County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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 Iowa River at Marengo (MROI4). The gauge peaked at 15.09 ft at Oct 6, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05453100, 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, 8:47 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNCedar, Jones, Linn5 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.