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River Flood Warning 64, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 22, 2020Benton County, Iowa County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 22, 2020, 9:19 AM CDT for Benton County, Iowa County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 22, 2020, 3:14 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2020, 9:19 AM CDT (14:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 22, 2020, 3:14 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 1, 2020, 6:26 AM CDT
In force: 9 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 14:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Iowa River at Marengo (MROI4). The gauge peaked at 17.93 ft at Jun 25, 2020, 2:00 PM CDT.

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.

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 22, 6:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 6:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:55 AM CDT, 4 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:19 AM CDT, 1 hour before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:20 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:27 AM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:48 AM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:49 AM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:55 AM CDT, 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
855 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0840 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 N FAIRFAX             41.97N 91.77W
06/22/2020  M1.40 INCH       LINN               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            12-HR RAINFALL TOTAL.

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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
Jun 21, 10:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Buchanan	44 min
Jun 21, 11:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware	43 min
Jun 21, 11:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Buchanan	47 min
Jun 21, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Delaware	47 min
Jun 22, 12:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn	54 min
Jun 22, 1:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson, Jones	65 min
Jun 22, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Buchanan	62 min
Jun 22, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Iowa	57 min
Jun 22, 2:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Buchanan	51 min
Jun 22, 3:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk	63 min
Jun 22, 3:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Buchanan	6 hr
Jun 22, 3:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Washington	46 min
Jun 22, 4:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington	52 min
Jun 22, 5:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott	66 min
Jun 22, 6:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clinton, Scott	63 min
Jun 22, 9:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	12 days
Jun 22, 9:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Linn	6 days
Jun 22, 9:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Linn	7 days
Jun 22, 9:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson	7 days
Jun 22, 9:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine	21 days
Jun 22, 9:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	13 hr
Jun 22, 9:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan	24 hr
Jun 22, 10:03 AM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 5 more	9 hr
Jun 22, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Des Moines	24 min
Jun 22, 2:52 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Jones, Linn	6 days
Jun 22, 2:56 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Keokuk	41 hr
Jun 22, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry	46 min
Jun 22, 3:13 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Benton, Linn	4 days
Jun 22, 3:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	21 days
Jun 22, 3:21 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	11 days
Jun 22, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Lee	58 min
Jun 22, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	63 min
Jun 22, 3:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henderson, Warren	46 min
Jun 22, 4:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Putnam	27 min
Jun 22, 4:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Putnam	26 min
Jun 22, 4:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	McDonough	37 min
Jun 22, 4:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Carroll	34 min
Jun 22, 5:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	3 hr
Jun 22, 5:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	McDonough	14 min
Jun 22, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Scotland	26 min
Jun 22, 3:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clark, Scotland	38 min

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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.