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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jan 6, 2010, 7:00 AM CST for Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It took effect at Jan 6, 2010, 7:28 AM CST. It was in force for 36 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 6, 2010, 7:00 AM CST (13:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 6, 2010, 7:28 AM CST
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2010, 9:57 AM CST
- In force
- 36 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 13:06 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 near Joslin (JOSI2). The gauge peaked at 15.57 ft at Jan 26, 2010, 3:00 AM CST.
- 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 Jan 6, 3:14 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 6, 3:14 AM CST, 3 hours 46 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 6, 4:31 AM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 431 AM CST WED JAN 6 2010 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-071045- 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- 431 AM CST WED JAN 6 2010 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 WINTER STORM IS POISED TO MOVE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA....BEGINNING LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. SNOW IS EXPECTED TO OVERSPREAD THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE SNOW WILL BE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT...WITH A STORM TOTAL OF 5 TO 9 INCHES OF SNOW ACCUMULATION EXPECTED BY THURSDAY EVENING. THE HEAVIEST SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR GENERALLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 CORRIDOR. TWO AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING ICE JAM FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. FURTHER ICE JAM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS A THREAT ON TRIBUTARY RIVERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY MODERATE TO HEAVY SNOW WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY. WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY EVENING. CONSIDERABLE DRIFTING SNOW WILL BE SEEN ALONG WITH BLOWING SNOW IN OPEN AREAS. THE SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST THURSDAY NIGHT. FALLING TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ALONG WITH DRIFTING AND BLOWING SNOW. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY MORNING. DANGEROUS WIND CHILLS OF 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO ARE LIKELY FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. THE THREAT OF ICE JAM DEVELOPMENT WILL CONTINUE ON SOME TRIBUTARY RIVERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER... SPOTTER SNOWFALL REPORTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 3:20 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 42 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.