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River Flood Warning 40, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 12, 2026, 9:48 AM CDT for Louisa County, Muscatine County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 12, 2026, 10:08 PM CDT. It was in force for 53 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2026, 9:48 AM CDT (14:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 12, 2026, 10:08 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2026, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Cedar River near Conesville (CNEI4). The gauge peaked at 13.14 ft at Jun 13, 2026, 5:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 15 ft
- Major stage
- 16.5 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05465000, 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 11, 6:30 PM CDT, 15 hours 18 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 6:30 PM CDT, 15 hours 18 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 1:14 PM CDT, 20 hours 34 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL 114 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-121815- Buchanan-Delaware-Dubuque-Benton-Linn-Jones-Jackson-Iowa-Johnson- Cedar-Clinton-Muscatine-Scott-Keokuk-Washington-Louisa-Jefferson- Henry IA-Des Moines-Van Buren-Lee-Jo Daviess-Stephenson-Carroll- Whiteside-Rock Island-Henry IL-Bureau-Putnam-Mercer-Henderson- Warren-Hancock-McDonough-Scotland-Clark- 114 PM CDT Thu Jun 11 2026 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of north central Illinois...northwest Illinois...west central Illinois...east central Iowa...northeast Iowa...southeast Iowa and northeast Missouri. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT Another round of storms capable of producing severe weather will develop this afternoon and evening. The main threat area is east of the Mississippi River. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY Thunderstorms are expected Saturday afternoon and evening across the area, some of which may be severe. The Storm Prediction Center has a slight, level 2 out of 5, risk for parts of the area. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will be needed today. NWS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 3 days |
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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.