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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 7, 2024Cedar County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jul 7, 2024, 10:19 AM CDT for Cedar County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 8, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 29 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 7, 2024, 10:19 AM CDT (15:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 8, 2024, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 9, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 29 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Cedar County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cedar River at Cedar Rapids (CIDI4). The gauge peaked at 11.69 ft at Jul 8, 2024, 3:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05464500, 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 7, 9:50 AM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 9:50 AM CDT, 29 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 7, 12:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Van Buren	52 min
Jul 7, 1:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	51 min
Jul 7, 1:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	36 min
Jul 7, 2:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Lee	51 min
Jul 7, 2:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee	49 min
Jul 7, 2:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Bureau	31 min
Jul 7, 3:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Hancock	45 min
Jul 7, 3:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	42 min
Jul 7, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	McDonough	47 min
Jul 7, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clark	35 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.