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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 12, 2013Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2013, 3:33 PM CDT for Whiteside County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 12, 2013, 3:54 PM CDT. It was in force for 51 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 12, 2013, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 12, 2013, 3:54 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 14, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
51 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
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 20:35 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 Como (CMOI2).

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 11, 9:01 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNStephenson7 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013

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.