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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 2, 2020Des Moines County, Lee County, Iowa; Hancock County, Henderson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 2, 2020, 10:43 AM CDT for Des Moines County, Lee County, Iowa; Hancock County, Henderson County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 3, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2020, 10:43 AM CDT (15:43 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 3, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 17, 2020, 10:23 AM CDT
In force
14 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Des Moines County, IA, Lee County, IA, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Burlington (BRLI4).

Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
16.5 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Jun 2, 5:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 5:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
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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.