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River Flood Warning 102, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 22, 2009Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 22, 2009, 2:06 PM CDT for Whiteside County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 22, 2009, 2:19 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 22, 2009, 2:06 PM CDT (19:06 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 22, 2009, 2:19 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 23, 2009, 12:04 AM CDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Moderate

County Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Rock River at Como (CMOI2).

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 Jun 22, 1:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 1:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 4:56 AM CDT, 9 hours 10 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
456 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2009

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-231000-
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-
456 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2009

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID MORNING ALONG
AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. THE MAIN THREAT ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS
WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD RESULT IN THE PONDING OF
WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH
ARE ALSO POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGER STORMS. THE SAME AREA MAY ALSO
SEE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. WHILE SOME OF THESE
STORMS MAY BE STRONG WITH GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL BE OVER THE AREA AGAIN TODAY.
AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES IN THE LOW 90S WILL COMBINE WITH THE HIGH
HUMIDITY TO PRODUCE HEAT INDICES AROUND 100 OVER AREAS ALONG AND
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY
THE HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY WITH
HIGH HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO MIDDLE 90S
CONTINUING TO PRODUCE AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES NEAR 100.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY AND
AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE TO
THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

DLF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:42 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
842 AM CDT MON JUN 22 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0424 PM     TSTM WND GST     2 NNE MACOMB            40.50N 90.66W
06/19/2009  E60.00 MPH       MCDONOUGH          IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CORRECTED LOCATION...ESTIMATED 60 MPH WIND GUST AT
            WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY GOLF COURSE.

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DLS

Local storm report, Jun 22, 11:04 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 11:06 AM CDT, 3 hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 11:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 21 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
Jun 21, 7:26 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Benton	49 min
Jun 21, 7:46 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa	44 min
Jun 21, 8:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson, Washington	39 min
Jun 21, 8:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson	35 min
Jun 21, 8:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn	6 hr
Jun 21, 8:38 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Johnson, Louisa, Washington	52 min
Jun 21, 9:13 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Keokuk, Washington	6 hr
Jun 21, 9:21 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Washington	54 min
Jun 21, 9:37 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa, Muscatine	6 hr
Jun 21, 9:45 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson	6 hr
Jun 21, 11:00 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Keokuk	4 days
Jun 22, 12:17 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	34 hr
Jun 22, 12:24 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Louisa	6 hr
Jun 22, 1:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren	61 min
Jun 22, 1:55 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren	50 min
Jun 22, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren	60 min
Jun 22, 10:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee	5 days
Jun 22, 12:07 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson and 7 more	7 hr
Jun 22, 3:25 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	29 hr
Jun 22, 12:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henderson	55 min

Nearby

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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.