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River Flood Warning 88, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 18, 2008Clinton County, Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 18, 2008, 9:07 PM CDT for Clinton County, Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 22, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2008, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 22, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2008, 10:44 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Clinton County, IA, Scott County, IA, Rock Island County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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 Mississippi River at Fulton (FLTI2).

Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
16 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05420400, 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
Apr 18, 11:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLee, Van Buren4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2008River 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.