Weather Alert in Iowa
Flood Watch issued June 25 at 9:18PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
AREAS AFFECTED: Muscatine; Louisa
DESCRIPTION: ...The Flood Watch continues for the following rivers in Iowa... Cedar River at Vinton affecting Benton County. Cedar River AT Palo Blairs Ferry Rd affecting Linn County. ...The Flood Watch is extended for the following rivers in Iowa... Cedar River at Cedar Rapids affecting Linn County. Cedar River near Conesville affecting Muscatine and Louisa Counties. Cedar River at Cedar Bluff affecting Muscatine, Cedar and Johnson Counties. * WHAT...Flooding is possible due to rounds of thunderstorms and locally heavy rainfall. * WHERE...Cedar River near Conesville. * WHEN...From Monday evening until further notice. * IMPACTS...At 15.0 feet, Water affects Saulsbury Road. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 8:00 PM CDT Wednesday the stage was 12.5 feet. - Forecast...Flood stage may be reached Monday evening. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.
INSTRUCTION: If you are in the watch area, remain alert to possible flooding. Stay tuned to further developments by listening to your local radio, television, or NOAA Weather Radio for further information. The next statement will be issued by Thursday evening at 930 PM CDT.
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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary
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and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and
therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
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wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer
layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air
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