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River Flood Warning 53, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 26, 2024Cedar County, Johnson County, Muscatine County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 26, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT for Cedar County, Johnson County, Muscatine County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 28, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 64 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 28, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 1, 2024, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 64 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Cedar County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Muscatine County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cedar River at Cedar Bluff (CEBI4). The gauge peaked at 17.00 ft at Jun 29, 2024, 10:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05464780, 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 26, 5:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 5:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:13 AM CDT, 5 hours 47 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 25, 7:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines	38 min
Jun 25, 7:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine	33 min
Jun 25, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Muscatine, Scott	68 min
Jun 25, 7:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Linn	21 min
Jun 25, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee, Van Buren	50 min
Jun 25, 7:44 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Muscatine, Scott	46 min
Jun 25, 7:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Scott	29 min
Jun 25, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Scott	68 min
Jun 25, 7:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Van Buren	63 min
Jun 25, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Scott	26 min
Jun 25, 8:24 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar	5 days
Jun 25, 8:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Louisa	39 min
Jun 25, 8:48 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Louisa	21 days
Jun 25, 8:48 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Louisa	21 days
Jun 25, 9:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine	22 min
Jun 25, 9:19 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Lee	21 days
Jun 26, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa, Muscatine	17 days
Jun 26, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	9 days
Jun 26, 10:00 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	18 days
Jun 26, 11:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	27 days
Jun 25, 7:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	46 min
Jun 25, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Jo Daviess, Stephenson	22 min
Jun 25, 8:03 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Bureau	3 hr
Jun 25, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Mercer	54 min
Jun 25, 8:30 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Putnam	3 hr
Jun 25, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry	35 min
Jun 25, 8:41 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Henry	18 min
Jun 25, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henderson	37 min
Jun 26, 11:56 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Hancock	31 days
Jun 25, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clark	41 min
Jun 25, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clark	41 min
Jun 25, 9:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Scotland	44 min
Jun 25, 9:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clark, Scotland	52 min
Jun 25, 10:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clark, Scotland	43 min

Nearby

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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.