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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 11, 2008Stephenson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 11, 2008, 10:53 AM CDT for Stephenson County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 15, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 13 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 11, 2008, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 15, 2008, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 28, 2008, 3:55 AM CDT
In force
13 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

County Stephenson County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Pecatonica River at Freeport (FEEI2). The gauge peaked at 13.23 ft at Mar 21, 2008, 4:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
11.5 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05435500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 10:53 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNIowa, Johnson16 days
Mar 11, 3:11 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNHenry, Rock Island, Whiteside3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2008Every 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.