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River Flood Warning 199, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 6, 2019Delaware County, Jones County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Oct 6, 2019, 2:54 AM CDT for Delaware County, Jones County, Iowa. It was in force for 25 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 6, 2019, 2:54 AM CDT (07:54 UTC)
Expired
Oct 7, 2019, 4:02 AM CDT
In force
25 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Delaware County, IA, Jones County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:55 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 Maquoketa River at Manchester Hwy 20 (MCHI4). The gauge peaked at 14.44 ft at Oct 6, 2019, 3:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05416900, 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 5, 8:57 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNBenton, Iowa5 days

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.