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Flood — Muscatine, IA

Aug 29, 2009

Heavy rains during the last week of August resulted in the Cedar River near Conesville, IA going above the moderate flood stage level of 15 feet on August 29 around 5 pm. It crested around 15.4 feet around 415 am August 30. It fell below the moderate flood stage level around 9 pm August 30.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 192683). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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