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River Flood Warning 148, NWS Quad Cities, IA

December 26, 2009Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Dec 26, 2009, 9:58 AM CST for Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It took effect at Dec 26, 2009, 8:53 PM CST. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2009, 9:58 AM CST (15:58 UTC)
In effect from
Dec 26, 2009, 8:53 PM CST
Expired
Dec 30, 2009, 5:50 PM CST
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Henry County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:58 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 near Joslin (JOSI2).

Action stage
11 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
16.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05446500, 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 Dec 25, 3:05 PM CST, 18 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Dec 25, 3:05 PM CST, 18 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 26, 9:16 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee26 hr
Dec 26, 3:06 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNLouisa5 hr
Dec 25, 8:48 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNHenry, Rock Island5 days
Dec 26, 9:46 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryDVNBureau, Carroll, Henry, Putnam, Whiteside10 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.