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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 4, 2008Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 4, 2008, 4:51 AM CST for Whiteside County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 4, 2008, 10:39 AM CST. It was in force for 54 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 4, 2008, 4:51 AM CST (10:51 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 4, 2008, 10:39 AM CST
Expired: Mar 6, 2008, 5:07 PM CST
In force: 54 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Minor

County Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rock River at Como (CMOI2). The gauge peaked at 10.85 ft at Mar 5, 2008, 9:00 AM CST.

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 12.5 ft
Moderate stage: 15.5 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05443500, 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 Mar 3, 2:57 PM CST, 13 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 3, 2:57 PM CST, 13 hours 54 minutes 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
Mar 4, 1:13 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Louisa	24 hr
Mar 4, 1:13 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine	33 hr
Mar 4, 7:17 AM CST	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Clark	9 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.