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River Flood Warning 202, NWS Quad Cities, IA

September 14, 2008Hancock County, McDonough County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Sep 14, 2008, 4:07 AM CDT for Hancock County, McDonough County, Illinois. It took effect at Sep 14, 2008, 1:41 PM CDT. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 14, 2008, 4:07 AM CDT (09:07 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 14, 2008, 1:41 PM CDT
Expired: Sep 16, 2008, 4:57 AM CDT
In force: 39 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Hancock County, IL, McDonough County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point La Moine River at Colmar (CLMI2). The gauge peaked at 20.78 ft at Sep 14, 2008, 11:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 19 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 22 ft
Major stage: 24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05584500, 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 Sep 14, 3:08 AM CDT, 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 3:08 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 13, 3:57 PM CDT, 12 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
357 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-142100-
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-
357 PM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008

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

RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES...WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHEAST
IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING WHERE THE GROUND IS SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY
RAINFALL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDDAY SUNDAY...AND
MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST FLOOD WATCH
AND FLOOD WARNING PRODUCTS AND STATEMENTS.

MANY AREA TRIBUTARY RIVERS ARE RUNNING HIGH OR GOING INTO FLOOD
DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST RIVER
FORECASTS AND FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION.

EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...BUT SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

RAIN WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY...BUT THE PRIMARY THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN
WILL SHIFT SOUTHEAST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.
HOWEVER...SPOTTERS ARE REQUESTED TO CALL IN HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS
AND REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING.

SHEETS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 13, 11:01 PM CDT, 5 hours 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 14, 12:06 AM CDT, 4 hours 1 minute before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 14, 4:53 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Hancock	16 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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.