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Flood — Lee, IA

Jul 25, 2010

Heavy rains during the fourth week of July resulted in moderate flooding on the Mississippi River from Rock Island to Gregory Landing.||At Rock Island, it crested around 17.2 feet around 1 pm July 27.|At Illinois City, it crested around 17.0 feet around 7 am July 28.|At Muscatine, it crested around 18.5 feet around 1 pm July 28.|At New Boston, it crested around 18.3 feet around 1 pm July 28.|At Keithsburg, it crested around 16.9 feet around 1 am July 29.|At Gladstone, it crested around 13.6 feet

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 252967). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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