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River Flood Warning 3, NWS Quad Cities, IA

January 5, 2010Henry County, Rock Island County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jan 5, 2010, 10:36 AM CST for Henry County, Rock Island County, Illinois. It was in force for 24 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 5, 2010, 10:36 AM CST (16:36 UTC)
Expired
Jan 29, 2010, 9:50 AM CST
In force
24 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 16:41 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 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 Jan 5, 3:07 AM CST, 7 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 5, 3:07 AM CST, 7 hours 29 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 11:11 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more16 hr
Jan 5, 4:16 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNClinton, Scott65 hr
Jan 5, 2:35 AM CSTFlash Flood WarningDVNRock Island8 hr

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.