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River Flood Warning 89, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Oct 1, 2026, 2:22 PM CDT for Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 1, 2026, 4:33 PM CDT. It was in force for 17 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 1, 2026, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 1, 2026, 4:33 PM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2026, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 17 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Minor
Counties Lee County, IA, Clark County, MO
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Des Moines River at St. Francisville (SFLM7). The gauge peaked at 17.97 ft at Oct 1, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT.
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05490600, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 9:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 21 days |
| Sep 30, 9:28 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 5 days |
| Sep 30, 9:29 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 21 days |
| Sep 30, 9:31 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 21 days |
| Sep 30, 9:33 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | DVN | Louisa | 12 hr |
| Oct 1, 11:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 24 hr |
| Oct 1, 2:10 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Scott | 6 hr |
| Oct 1, 1:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Mercer, Rock Island, Whiteside | 6 hr |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2026River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2026Every river flood warning in 2026
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.