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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 24, 2024Des Moines County, Louisa County, Iowa; Henderson County, Mercer County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 24, 2024, 12:18 PM CDT for Des Moines County, Louisa County, Iowa; Henderson County, Mercer County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 26, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 30 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2024, 12:18 PM CDT (17:18 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 26, 2024, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 26, 2024, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 30 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Des Moines County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Henderson County, IL, Mercer County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Keithsburg (KHBI2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 15.5 ft
Major stage: 17 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 24, 6:07 AM CDT, 6 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:07 AM CDT, 6 hours 11 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
Jun 23, 9:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Muscatine, Scott	30 days
Jun 23, 9:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Dubuque	25 days
Jun 23, 9:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	28 days
Jun 24, 12:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	31 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2024 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.