Alert archive / Iowa / River Flood Warnings in 2024

River Flood Warning 22, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 23, 2024Louisa County, Muscatine County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 23, 2024, 9:45 AM CDT for Louisa County, Muscatine County, Iowa. It took effect at May 24, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 23, 2024, 9:45 AM CDT (14:45 UTC)
In effect from: May 24, 2024, 5:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 3, 2024, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:45 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 Cedar River near Conesville (CNEI4). The gauge peaked at 14.90 ft at May 28, 2024, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 15 ft
Major stage: 16.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465000, 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 May 23, 6:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 6:27 AM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 4:32 AM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 22, 7:03 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Linn	15 hr
May 23, 9:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar	4 days
May 23, 9:49 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Linn	3 days
May 23, 9:51 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine	31 hr
May 23, 9:55 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Louisa	7 days
May 23, 9:55 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Louisa	7 days
May 23, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Des Moines	57 hr
May 23, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	57 hr
May 23, 11:09 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Hancock	72 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.