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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 3, 2024Clinton County, Scott County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2024, 7:20 AM CDT for Clinton County, Scott County, Iowa. It took effect at Apr 3, 2024, 11:43 AM CDT. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2024, 7:20 AM CDT (12:20 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2024, 11:43 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 4, 2024, 7:41 PM CDT
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clinton County, IA, Scott County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wapsipinicon River near DeWitt (DEWI4). The gauge peaked at 11.56 ft at Apr 4, 2024, 6:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 11.5 ft
Major stage: 12.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05422000, 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 Apr 2, 2:46 PM CDT, 16 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 2:46 PM CDT, 16 hours 34 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
Apr 2, 9:31 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Clinton, Scott	10 hr
Apr 3, 8:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	12 hr
Apr 2, 9:14 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Stephenson	58 hr

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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.