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River Flood Warning 75, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 14, 2019Buchanan County, Linn County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 14, 2019, 9:57 AM CDT for Buchanan County, Linn County, Iowa. It took effect at Mar 14, 2019, 11:38 PM CDT. It was in force for 55 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 14, 2019, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 14, 2019, 11:38 PM CDT
Expired: Mar 17, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 55 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Buchanan County, IA, Linn County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wapsipinicon River at Independence (IDPI4). The gauge peaked at 13.37 ft at Mar 15, 2019, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05421000, 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 Mar 14, 5:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 5:54 AM CDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 13, 8:09 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee and 5 more	26 hr
Mar 14, 2:41 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque	3 hr
Mar 14, 12:16 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Dubuque	26 hr
Mar 14, 12:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Bureau	28 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.