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River Flood Warning 59, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 2, 2024Delaware County, Jones County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 2, 2024, 11:26 AM CDT for Delaware County, Jones County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 2, 2024, 11:46 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 2, 2024, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 2, 2024, 11:46 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 3, 2024, 8:53 AM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Delaware County, IA, Jones County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Maquoketa River at Manchester Hwy 20 (MCHI4). The gauge peaked at 9.95 ft at Jul 3, 2024, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05416900, 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 Jul 2, 6:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 6:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 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
Jul 1, 8:48 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Linn	6 days
Jul 1, 8:48 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Linn	21 days
Jul 1, 8:49 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Johnson, Washington	36 hr
Jul 1, 8:57 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Keokuk	24 hr
Jul 1, 9:00 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Cedar, Jones, Linn	24 hr
Jul 2, 2:04 AM CDT	Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	23 hr
Jul 2, 11:35 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine	10 hr
Jul 2, 11:50 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Iowa	9 hr
Jul 2, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Iowa, Keokuk, Washington	40 min
Jul 2, 4:52 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Iowa, Keokuk, Washington	38 min
Jul 2, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Keokuk, Washington	54 min
Jul 2, 5:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa, Washington	49 min
Jul 2, 5:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Muscatine, Washington	42 min
Jul 2, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Louisa, Van Buren, Washington	56 min
Jul 2, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine, Washington	18 min
Jul 2, 6:04 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington	4 hr
Jul 2, 6:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Washington	47 min
Jul 2, 6:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Johnson, Muscatine, Scott	54 min
Jul 2, 6:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones	51 min
Jul 2, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones	49 min
Jul 2, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington	45 min
Jul 2, 6:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson	3 hr
Jul 2, 6:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Keokuk	3 hr
Jul 2, 6:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott	46 min
Jul 2, 6:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa, Washington	3 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.