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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 24, 2009Henry County, Rock Island County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 24, 2009, 9:34 AM CDT for Henry County, Rock Island County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 25, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 15 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 24, 2009, 9:34 AM CDT (14:34 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 25, 2009, 10:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 9, 2009, 4:58 AM CDT
In force: 15 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Henry County, IL, Rock Island County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:33 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 Rock River at Moline (MLII2).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 24, 3:25 AM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 24, 3:25 AM CDT, 6 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 24, 4:50 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
450 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-251000-
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-
450 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 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

A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS TO THE
OUTLOOK AREA TODAY...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES
LIKELY. A FEW STRONG STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF WIND
GUSTS OVER 50 MPH TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING. OTHERWISE...TODAY
WILL BE ANOTHER WINDY DAY...WITH SUSTAINED WINDS BETWEEN 20 AND 30
MPH...WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS THAT SEE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL MAY EXPERIENCE
MINOR FLOODING IN URBAN AND LOW LYING RURAL AREAS. SOME AREA
RIVERS WILL LIKELY SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES DUE TO THIS RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ANOTHER STRONG STORM SYSTEM MAY IMPACT THE MIDWEST LATE IN THE WEEK
AND INTO THE WEEKEND. LATEST INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT MORE
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
WHICH COULD LEAD TO RIVER FLOODING. THERE MAY EVEN BE A CHANCE FOR
SOME SNOW IN OR NEAR THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT.
STAY TUNED FOR LATER FORECASTS AND UPDATES CONCERNING THIS POTENTIALLY
SIGNIFICANT STORM SYSTEM FOR NEXT WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THE IS A LOW CHANCE FOR SPOTTER ACTIVATION TODAY AND EARLY THIS EVENING.

ERVIN/12

In the hours before

Local storm report, Mar 24, 9:32 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
932 AM CDT TUE MAR 24 2009

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

0931 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 W CAMBRIDGE           41.30N 90.20W
03/24/2009  M1.50 INCH       HENRY              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            MOST OF THIS RAIN FEEL IN THE PAST HOUR. SOME MINOR
            STREET FLOODING. LIGHT RAIN STILL FALLING.

&&

MIKEZ

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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.