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River Flood Warning 95, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 20, 2009Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 20, 2009, 9:02 AM CDT for Whiteside County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 20, 2009, 7:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2009, 9:02 AM CDT (14:02 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 20, 2009, 7:35 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 20, 2009, 7:41 PM CDT
In force: 6 min
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Minor

County Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rock River at Como (CMOI2). The gauge peaked at 9.38 ft at Jun 20, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT.

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 20, 3:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 3:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 58 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 20, 4:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	3 days
Jun 19, 9:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	9 hr
Jun 19, 9:55 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	7 days
Jun 20, 9:02 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island	6 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2009 Every 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.