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Flood Watch 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flood watch at Mar 14, 2014, 7:14 PM CDT for Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It was in force for 5 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2014, 7:14 PM CDT (00:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 days
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Flood severity
- None
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 00:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 27 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
460 WGUS63 KDVN 150014 FFADVN URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 714 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 ...ICE JAM FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. ILZ015-016-150815- /O.NEW.KDVN.FA.A.0002.140315T0014Z-140316T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 714 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL AND ROCK ISLAND. * THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * AN ICE JAM HAD FORMED AT THE 27TH STREET BRIDGE IN MOLINE AND WAS CAUSING FLOODING FROM THE 27TH STREET BRIDGE UPSTREAM THROUGH THE ROUTE 84 BRIDGE. ADDITIONAL FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE FURTHER UPSTREAM THROUGH JOSLIN. ALSO IF THE JAM BREAKS FREE AND MOVES DOWN STREAM FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE DOWN STREAM FROM THE 27TH STREET BRIDGE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS. MONITOR THE RIVER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE THE AREA IF FLOODING OCCURS. && $$
20 follow-up statements
808 WGUS63 KDVN 150406 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1106 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 ...ICE JAM FLOODING IS OCCURRING ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. ILZ015-016-151215- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140316T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 1106 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL AND ROCK ISLAND. * THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT THE ICE JAM NEAR THE 27TH ST BRIDGE IN MOLINE HAS BROKEN UP SOME ALLOWING WATER TO FLOW THROUGH. THIS HAS CAUSED FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE UPSTREAM. EVEN THOUGH THIS ICE JAM WAS BREAKING UP THE RIVER CHANNEL REMAINS FULL OF ICE AND THIS JAM COULD REFORM OR OTHER ICE JAMS COULD REDEVELOP AT ANY TIME. IF MORE ICE JAMS OCCUR THEY WILL CAUSE RAPID CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS AND COULD RESULT IN FLOODING WITH LITTLE ADVANCED NOTICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS. MONITOR THE RIVER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE THE AREA IF FLOODING OCCURS. && $$ DLF
942 WGUS63 KDVN 150407 CCA FFADVN FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1107 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 ...ICE JAM FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. ILZ015-016-151230- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140316T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 1107 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL AND ROCK ISLAND. * THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT THE ICE JAM NEAR THE 27TH ST BRIDGE IN MOLINE HAS BROKEN UP SOME ALLOWING WATER TO FLOW THROUGH. THIS HAS CAUSED FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE UPSTREAM. EVEN THOUGH THIS ICE JAM WAS BREAKING UP THE RIVER CHANNEL REMAINS FULL OF ICE AND THIS JAM COULD REFORM OR OTHER ICE JAMS COULD REDEVELOP AT ANY TIME. IF MORE ICE JAMS OCCUR THEY WILL CAUSE RAPID CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS AND COULD RESULT IN FLOODING WITH LITTLE ADVANCED NOTICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS. MONITOR THE RIVER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE THE AREA IF FLOODING OCCURS. && $$ DLF
928 WGUS63 KDVN 150900 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 400 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...ICE JAM FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. ILZ015-016-151700- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140316T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 400 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL AND ROCK ISLAND. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * THE LATEST INFORMATION FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT THE ICE JAM NEAR THE 27TH ST BRIDGE IN MOLINE HAS BROKEN UP SOME ALLOWING WATER TO FLOW THROUGH. THIS HAS CAUSED FLOOD WATERS TO RECEDE UPSTREAM. EVEN THOUGH THIS ICE JAM WAS BREAKING UP THE RIVER CHANNEL REMAINS FULL OF ICE AND THIS JAM COULD REFORM OR OTHER ICE JAMS COULD REDEVELOP AT ANY TIME. IF MORE ICE JAMS OCCUR THEY WILL CAUSE RAPID CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS AND COULD RESULT IN FLOODING WITH LITTLE ADVANCED NOTICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS. MONITOR THE RIVER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE THE AREA IF FLOODING OCCURS. && $$ ERVIN
845 WGUS63 KDVN 151633 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1133 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...ICE JAM FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. ILZ015-016-160000- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140316T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 1133 AM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL AND ROCK ISLAND. * UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING * THE LATEST INFORMATION INDICATES THAT THE ICE JAM NEAR THE 27TH STREET BRIDGE IN MOLINE HAS BROKEN UP AND RIVER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RECEDE. CONSIDERABLE ICE WAS REPORTED IN THE CHANNEL BUT IT WAS MOVING FREELY. * THE THREAT REMAINS HIGH FOR ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS TO FORM ANYWHERE ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. IF A NEW ICE JAM DOES FORM...RAPID AND VERY LOCALIZED CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LITTLE ADVANCED NOTICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS. MONITOR THE RIVER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE THE AREA IF FLOODING OCCURS. && $$
648 WGUS63 KDVN 152031 FFADVN URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 331 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...ICE JAM FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. ILZ015-016-160430- /O.EXT.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140317T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 331 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL AND ROCK ISLAND. * THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT THE ROCK RIVER IS OPEN WATER FROM THE HIGHWAY 84 BRIDGE TO VANDRUFFS ISLAND. FROM THE HIGHWAY 84 BRIDGE TO INTERSTATE 80...SOLID SHEET ICE REMAINS. FROM INTERSTATE 80 TO HIGHWAY 92 NEAR JOSLIN...THE RIVER IS OPEN WATER. FROM HIGHWAY 92 TO COMO...SOLID SHEET ICE REMAINS IN THE RIVER. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON WHAT CAN BE SEEN FROM PAVED ROADS. * THE THREAT REMAINS HIGH FOR ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS TO FORM ANYWHERE ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. IF A NEW ICE JAM DOES FORM...RAPID AND VERY LOCALIZED CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LITTLE ADVANCED NOTICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS. MONITOR THE RIVER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE THE AREA IF FLOODING OCCURS. && $$
195 WGUS63 KDVN 160125 FFADVN URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 825 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...ICE JAM FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE ROCK RIVER AS A MAJOR ICE JAM IS DEVELOPING ON THE ROCK RIVER JUST UPSTREAM FROM COMO... .ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. ILZ009-160930- /O.EXA.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140317T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS 825 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS EXPANDED THE * FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...WHITESIDE. * THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * REPORTS FROM THE LOCAL EMERGENCY MANAGER AND SPOTTERS SHOW A MAJOR ICE JAM IS CONTINUING TO INCREASE IN SIZE JUST UPSTREAM BY ROUGHLY 200 YARDS OF THE COMO GAUGE AND IS SLOWLY MOVING DOWNSTREAM. THE RISK THAT SIGNIFICANT TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO FURTHER INCREASE IF THE AMOUNT OF ICE WITH THIS ICE JAM CONTINUES TO BUILD WITHOUT BREAKING APART. THE LATEST INDICATIONS SUGGEST MAJOR RIVER FLOODING IS BECOMING LIKELY AS THIS ICE JAM MOVES DOWNSTREAM OVER AT LEAST THE NEXT FEW DAYS. * THE THREAT REMAINS HIGH FOR ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS TO FORM ANYWHERE ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. IF A NEW ICE JAM DOES FORM...RAPID AND VERY LOCALIZED CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LITTLE ADVANCED NOTICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS. MONITOR THE RIVER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE THE AREA IF FLOODING OCCURS. && $$ ILZ015-016-160930- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140317T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 825 PM CDT SAT MAR 15 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL AND ROCK ISLAND. * THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING * EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT THE ROCK RIVER IS OPEN WATER FROM THE HIGHWAY 84 BRIDGE TO VANDRUFFS ISLAND. FROM THE HIGHWAY 84 BRIDGE TO INTERSTATE 80...SOLID SHEET ICE REMAINS. FROM INTERSTATE 80 TO HIGHWAY 92 NEAR JOSLIN...THE RIVER IS OPEN WATER. FROM HIGHWAY 92 TO COMO...SOLID SHEET ICE REMAINS IN THE RIVER. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON WHAT CAN BE SEEN FROM PAVED ROADS. * THE THREAT REMAINS HIGH FOR ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS TO FORM ANYWHERE ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. IF A NEW ICE JAM DOES FORM...RAPID AND VERY LOCALIZED CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LITTLE ADVANCED NOTICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS. MONITOR THE RIVER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE THE AREA IF FLOODING OCCURS. && $$ NICHOLS
641 WGUS63 KDVN 160822 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 322 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...ICE JAM FLOODING POSSIBLE ALONG THE ROCK RIVER AS A LARGE ICE JAM IS DEVELOPING ON THE ROCK RIVER NEAR COMO... .ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. UNTIL THE ICE LEAVES THE RIVER...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR ICE JAMS ON THE ROCK RIVER. ILZ009-015-016-161630- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140317T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 322 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT THE ROCK RIVER IS OPEN WATER FROM THE HIGHWAY 84 BRIDGE TO VANDRUFFS ISLAND. FROM THE HIGHWAY 84 BRIDGE TO INTERSTATE 80...SOLID SHEET ICE REMAINS. FROM INTERSTATE 80 TO HIGHWAY 92 NEAR JOSLIN...THE RIVER IS OPEN WATER. FROM HIGHWAY 92 TO COMO...SOLID SHEET ICE REMAINS IN THE RIVER. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON WHAT CAN BE SEEN FROM PAVED ROADS. NEAR COMO...A LARGE ICE JAM IS REPORTED...RESULTING RIVER LEVELS ABOVE 12 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. THIS ICE JAM MAY WORSEN FLOODING NEAR COMO THROUGH STERLING...AND IF IT BREAKS UP OR MOVES...MAY RESULT IN RAPID CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS BOTH UP AND DOWN STREAM. * THE THREAT REMAINS HIGH FOR ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS TO FORM ANYWHERE ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. IF A NEW ICE JAM DOES FORM...RAPID AND VERY LOCALIZED CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LITTLE ADVANCED NOTICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS. MONITOR THE RIVER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA AND BE PREPARED TO LEAVE THE AREA IF FLOODING OCCURS. && $$
523 WGUS63 KDVN 161547 FFADVN URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1047 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. A LARGE ICE JAM HAS FORMED ON THE ROCK RIVER NEAR COMO. UNTIL THE ICE LEAVES THE RIVER...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR ICE JAMS ON THE ROCK RIVER. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING WILL INCREASE THIS WEEK AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 40S AND 50S. ILZ009-015-016-170000- /O.EXT.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140318T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 1047 AM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT THE ROCK RIVER IS 85 PERCENT OPEN WATER AND 15 PERCENT ICE...ON AVERAGE...FROM THE HIGHWAY 92 BRIDGE NEAR JOSLIN TO THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER. UPSTREAM OF THE HIGHWAY 92 BRIDGE SOLID SHEET ICE REMAINS IN THE RIVER. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON WHAT CAN BE SEEN FROM PAVED ROADS. * THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH AND WILL INCREASE EVEN MORE STARTING TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 40S AND 50S. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG THE ROCK RIVER MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED WELL BEYOND MONDAY EVENING. NEAR COMO...A LARGE ICE JAM IS REPORTED...RESULTING RIVER LEVELS ABOVE 12 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. THIS ICE JAM MAY WORSEN FLOODING NEAR COMO THROUGH STERLING...AND IF IT BREAKS UP OR MOVES...MAY RESULT IN RAPID CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS BOTH UP AND DOWN STREAM. $$
766 WGUS63 KDVN 162037 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 337 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. UNTIL THE ICE LEAVES THE RIVER...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR ICE JAMS ON THE ROCK RIVER. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING WILL INCREASE THIS WEEK AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 40S AND 50S. A LARGE ICE JAM IS ON THE ROCK RIVER NEAR COMO. ADDITIONAL SMALLER JAMS ARE STARTING TO FORM SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88 ALONG MOLINE ROAD AT THE BOAT LANDING. ILZ009-015-016-170445- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140318T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 337 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT THE ROCK RIVER IS 85 PERCENT OPEN WATER AND 15 PERCENT ICE...ON AVERAGE...FROM THE HIGHWAY 92 BRIDGE NEAR JOSLIN TO THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER. UPSTREAM OF THE HIGHWAY 92 BRIDGE SOLID SHEET ICE REMAINS IN THE RIVER. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON WHAT CAN BE SEEN FROM PAVED ROADS. * THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH AND WILL INCREASE EVEN MORE STARTING TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 40S AND 50S. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG THE ROCK RIVER MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED WELL BEYOND MONDAY EVENING. NEAR COMO...A LARGE ICE JAM IS REPORTED ALONG THE HIGHWAY 30 BRIDGE...RESULTING RIVER LEVELS ABOVE 12 FEET...MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. THIS ICE JAM HAS MOVED SOUTH SINCE SATURDAY AND FLOODING MAY WORSEN NEAR COMO IF IT BREAKS UP OR MOVES FURTHER DOWNSTREAM. IF THE ICE JAM BREAKS UP...RAPID CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS WILL OCCUR BOTH UP AND DOWN STREAM. TWO ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS HAVE FORMED SOUTH OF THE MAIN ICE JAM. THE FIRST ICE JAM IS LOCATED ALONG MOLINE ROAD...SOUTH OF MELLOTS ROAD AT THE BOAT LANDING. THE OTHER ICE JAM IS ONE QUARTER MILE UPSTREAM OF THE MOLINE ROAD ICE JAM AT THE NEXT BEND IN THE RIVER. $$
021 WGUS63 KDVN 170128 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 828 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH MONDAY EVENING ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. UNTIL THE ICE LEAVES THE RIVER...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR ICE JAMS ON THE ROCK RIVER. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING MAY INCREASE THIS WEEK AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 40S AND 50S. THE LARGE ICE JAM ON THE ROCK RIVER NEAR COMO HAS AT LEAST PARTIALLY BROKEN UP THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SMALLER JAMS ARE STARTING TO FORM SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88 ALONG MOLINE ROAD AT THE BOAT LANDING. ILZ009-015-016-170930- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140318T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 828 PM CDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH MONDAY EVENING * EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTS THAT THE ROCK RIVER IS 85 PERCENT OPEN WATER AND 15 PERCENT ICE...ON AVERAGE...FROM THE HIGHWAY 92 BRIDGE NEAR JOSLIN TO THE MOUTH OF THE RIVER. UPSTREAM OF THE HIGHWAY 92 BRIDGE SOLID SHEET ICE REMAINS IN THE RIVER. THIS REPORT IS BASED ON WHAT CAN BE SEEN FROM PAVED ROADS. * THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH AND MAY INCREASE EVEN MORE STARTING TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 40S AND 50S. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG THE ROCK RIVER MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED WELL BEYOND MONDAY EVENING. NEAR COMO...THE LARGE ICE JAM DOWNSTREAM OF THE HIGHWAY 30 BRIDGE HAS PARTIALLY BROKEN THIS AFTERNOON...RESULTING RIVER LEVELS ABOVE 13 FEET EARLIER TODAY FEET HAVE DROPPED TO AROUND 12.5 FT...STILL IN MAJOR FLOOD STAGE. THIS ICE JAM HAS MOVED SOUTH SINCE SATURDAY AND FLOODING MAY WORSEN AS IT MOVES FURTHER DOWNSTREAM. IF THE ICE JAM COMPLETELY BREAKS UP...RAPID CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS WILL OCCUR BOTH UP AND DOWN STREAM. TWO ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS HAVE FORMED DOWNSTREAM AND SOUTHWEST OF THE MAIN ICE JAM. THE FIRST ICE JAM IS LOCATED ALONG MOLINE ROAD...SOUTH OF MELLOTS ROAD AT THE BOAT LANDING. THE OTHER ICE JAM IS ONE QUARTER MILE UPSTREAM OF THE MOLINE ROAD ICE JAM AT THE NEXT BEND IN THE RIVER. $$ NICHOLS
112 WGUS63 KDVN 170818 FFADVN URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 318 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .ICE JAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT ALONG THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. UNTIL THE ICE LEAVES THE RIVER...THERE IS A HIGH RISK FOR ICE JAMS ON THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING MAY INCREASE THIS WEEK AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 40S AND 50S AND FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF THIS FLASH FLOOD WATCH ARE POSSIBLE. THE LARGE ICE JAM ON THE ROCK RIVER NEAR COMO HAS AT LEAST PARTIALLY BROKEN UP SUNDAY. HOWEVER...NEW RISES NEAR COMO SUGGEST THAT ICE MAY BE JAMMING AGAIN UPSTREAM OF JOSLIN. ICE JAMS CAN CREATE RAPIDLY CHANGING WATER LEVELS ON THE RIVER. ILZ009-015-016-171630- /O.EXT.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140318T1200Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 318 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * NEAR COMO...THE LARGE ICE JAM DOWNSTREAM OF COMO HAS BROKEN UP SUNDAY. HOWEVER...LEVELS ARE RISING AGAIN AS OF 2 AM AT COMO SUGGESTING THAT A NEW ICE JAM MAY BE FORMING DOWNSTREAM OF COMO. * THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH AND MAY INCREASE EVEN MORE STARTING TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 40S AND 50S. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG THE ROCK RIVER MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED WELL BEYOND TONIGHT. $$ ERVIN
473 WGUS63 KDVN 171614 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1114 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .COLD TEMPERATURES THE PAST TWO NIGHTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOME STABILIZATION OF THE ICE ON THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. HOWEVER...UNTIL THE ICE LEAVES THE RIVER...THE RISK OF ICE JAM FLOODING REMAINS HIGH ON THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE LATER THIS WEEK AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 40S AND 50S. FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF THIS FLOOD WATCH ARE POSSIBLE. THE LARGE ICE JAM ON THE ROCK RIVER NEAR COMO PARTIALLY BROKE UP SUNDAY. HOWEVER...THE RIVER HAS ONLY FALLEN SLIGHTLY AT COMO SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON SUGGESTING A NEW ICE JAM DOWNSTREAM OF COMO. NEW RISES NEAR JOSLIN SUGGEST THAT ICE MAY BE JAMMING AGAIN NEAR JOSLIN. ICE JAMS CAN CREATE VERY RAPID CHANGES IN WATER LEVELS ON THE RIVER. ILZ009-015-016-180015- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140318T1200Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 1114 AM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING * NEAR COMO...THE LARGE ICE JAM DOWNSTREAM OF COMO PARTIALLY BROKE UP SUNDAY. HOWEVER...LEVELS HAVE ONLY FALLEN SLIGHTLY SUGGESTING THAT A NEW ICE JAM MAY BE FORMING DOWNSTREAM OF COMO. * THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH AND MAY INCREASE EVEN MORE STARTING TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 40S AND 50S. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG THE ROCK RIVER MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED WELL BEYOND TONIGHT. * ICE JAMS CAN RESULT IN RAPID INCREASES AND DECREASES IN RIVER LEVELS NEAR THE ICE JAM WITH LITTLE ADVANCE NOTICE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING DEVELOPS. && $$
176 WGUS63 KDVN 172024 FFADVN URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 324 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .COLD TEMPERATURES THE PAST TWO NIGHTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOME STABILIZATION OF THE ICE ON THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. HOWEVER...UNTIL THE ICE LEAVES THE RIVER...THE RISK OF ICE JAM FLOODING REMAINS HIGH ON THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE STARTING TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 40S AND 50S. FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF THIS FLOOD WATCH ARE POSSIBLE. A LARGE ICE JAM IS ON THE ROCK RIVER FROM THE BEND AT COMO TO NEAR THE HIGHWAY 30 BRIDGE. THE RIVER HAS ONLY FALLEN SLIGHTLY AT COMO SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NEW RISES NEAR JOSLIN SUGGEST THAT ICE MAY BE JAMMING AGAIN NEAR JOSLIN. ICE JAMS CAN CREATE VERY RAPID CHANGES IN WATER LEVELS ON THE RIVER. ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS ARE LOCATED AT MOLINE ROAD...SOUTH OF MELLOTS ROAD AT THE REST AREA AND BOAT RAMP. ANOTHER LARGE ICE JAM RUNS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF LYNDON THROUGH THE FIRST BEND OF THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF LYNDON...OR TO WHERE HACKLEBERRY CREEK AND WALKER SLOUGH ENTER THE RIVER. ILZ009-015-016-180430- /O.EXT.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140320T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 324 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * THE LARGE ICE JAM HAS MOVED THE THE BEND IN THE RIVER AT COMO TO JUST SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 BRIDGE. RIVER LEVELS HAVE ONLY FALLEN SLIGHTLY SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH AND MAY INCREASE EVEN MORE STARTING TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 40S AND 50S. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG THE ROCK RIVER MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING DEVELOPS. && $$
738 WGUS63 KDVN 180253 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 953 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .COLD TEMPERATURES THE PAST TWO NIGHTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOME STABILIZATION OF THE ICE ON THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. HOWEVER...UNTIL THE ICE LEAVES THE RIVER...THE RISK OF ICE JAM FLOODING REMAINS HIGH ON THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE STARTING TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 40S AND 50S. FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF THIS FLOOD WATCH ARE POSSIBLE. A LARGE ICE JAM IS ON THE ROCK RIVER FROM THE BEND AT COMO TO NEAR THE HIGHWAY 30 BRIDGE. THE RIVER HAS ONLY FALLEN MODESTLY AT COMO SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NEW RISES NEAR JOSLIN SUGGEST THAT ICE MAY BE JAMMING AGAIN NEAR JOSLIN. ICE JAMS CAN CREATE VERY RAPID CHANGES IN WATER LEVELS ON THE RIVER. ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS ARE LOCATED AT MOLINE ROAD...SOUTH OF MELLOTS ROAD AT THE REST AREA AND BOAT RAMP. ANOTHER LARGE ICE JAM RUNS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF LYNDON THROUGH THE FIRST BEND OF THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF LYNDON...OR TO WHERE HACKLEBERRY CREEK AND WALKER SLOUGH ENTER THE RIVER. ILZ009-015-016-181100- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140320T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 953 PM CDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * THE LARGE ICE JAM HAS MOVED THE THE BEND IN THE RIVER AT COMO TO JUST SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 BRIDGE. RIVER LEVELS HAVE FALLEN ONLY MODESTLY SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH AND MAY INCREASE EVEN MORE STARTING TUESDAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 40S AND 50S. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG THE ROCK RIVER MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING DEVELOPS. && $$ NICHOLS
411 WGUS63 KDVN 180819 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 319 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .COLD TEMPERATURES THE PAST TWO NIGHTS HAVE RESULTED IN SOME STABILIZATION OF THE ICE ON THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. HOWEVER...UNTIL THE ICE LEAVES THE RIVER...THE RISK OF ICE JAM FLOODING REMAINS HIGH ON THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE STARTING TODAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 50S. FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF THIS FLOOD WATCH ARE POSSIBLE. A LARGE ICE JAM IS ON THE ROCK RIVER FROM THE BEND AT COMO TO NEAR THE HIGHWAY 30 BRIDGE. THE RIVER HAS ONLY FALLEN MODESTLY AT COMO SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. NEW RISES NEAR JOSLIN SUGGEST THAT ICE MAY BE JAMMING AGAIN NEAR JOSLIN. ICE JAMS CAN CREATE VERY RAPID CHANGES IN WATER LEVELS ON THE RIVER. ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS ARE LOCATED AT MOLINE ROAD...SOUTH OF MELLOTS ROAD AT THE REST AREA AND BOAT RAMP. ANOTHER LARGE ICE JAM RUNS FROM THE SOUTH SIDE OF LYNDON THROUGH THE FIRST BEND OF THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF LYNDON...OR TO WHERE HACKLEBERRY CREEK AND WALKER SLOUGH ENTER THE RIVER. ILZ009-015-016-181630- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140320T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 319 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * THE LARGE ICE JAM HAS MOVED THE THE BEND IN THE RIVER AT COMO TO JUST SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 BRIDGE. RIVER LEVELS HAVE FALLEN ONLY MODESTLY SINCE SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH AND MAY INCREASE EVEN MORE STARTING TODAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 50S. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG THE ROCK RIVER MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING DEVELOPS. && $$
981 WGUS63 KDVN 181612 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1112 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .SEVERAL ICE JAMS HAVE FORMED ON THE ROCK RIVER UPSTREAM OF JOSLIN. UNTIL THE ICE LEAVES THE RIVER...THE RISK OF ICE JAM FLOODING REMAINS HIGH ON THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE STARTING TODAY AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB INTO THE 50S. FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF THIS FLOOD WATCH ARE POSSIBLE. A LARGE ICE JAM IS ON THE ROCK RIVER FROM THE BEND AT COMO TO NEAR THE HIGHWAY 30 BRIDGE. THE RIVER FELL SHARPLY OVERNIGHT SUGGESTING THE ICE JAM MAY HAVE MOVED DOWNSTREAM. NEW RISES NEAR JOSLIN SUGGEST THAT ICE MAY BE JAMMING AGAIN NEAR JOSLIN. ICE JAMS CAN CREATE VERY RAPID CHANGES IN WATER LEVELS ON THE RIVER. ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS ARE LOCATED AT MOLINE ROAD...SOUTH OF MELLOTS ROAD AT THE REST AREA AND BOAT RAMP. ANOTHER LARGE ICE JAM RUNS FROM SOUTH OF LYNDON THROUGH THE FIRST BEND OF THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF LYNDON...OR TO WHERE HACKLEBERRY CREEK AND WALKER SLOUGH ENTER THE RIVER NORTH OF PROPHETSTOWN. ILZ009-015-016-190015- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140320T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 1112 AM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * THE LARGE ICE JAM HAS MOVED TO THE THE BEND IN THE RIVER AT COMO TO JUST SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 30 BRIDGE. RIVER LEVELS FELL SHARPLY OVERNIGHT SUGGESTING THE ICE JAM MAY HAVE MOVED FURTHER DOWNSTREAM. * THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH AND MAY INCREASE EVEN MORE STARTING TODAY AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 50S. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG THE ROCK RIVER MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING DEVELOPS. && $$
333 WGUS63 KDVN 182052 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 352 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .SEVERAL ICE JAMS HAVE FORMED ON THE ROCK RIVER UPSTREAM OF JOSLIN. UNTIL THE ICE LEAVES THE RIVER...THE RISK OF ICE JAM FLOODING REMAINS HIGH ON THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING HAS INCREASED DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND 50S TODAY. THESE TEMPERATURES HAVE WEAKENED THE ICE IN THE RIVER AND NEW ICE JAMS ARE VERY POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF THIS FLOOD WATCH ARE POSSIBLE. THE LARGE ICE JAM ON THE ROCK RIVER NEAR COMO BROKE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ICE IS MOVING DOWNSTREAM BUT MAY CREATE ANOTHER JAM AS IT MEETS UP WITH THE ICE JAMS AT MOLINE ROAD. ICE JAMS CAN CREATE VERY RAPID CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS WITH LITTLE ADVANCE NOTICE. ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS ARE LOCATED AT MOLINE ROAD...SOUTH OF MELLOTS ROAD AT THE REST AREA AND BOAT RAMP. ANOTHER LARGE ICE JAM RUNS FROM SOUTH OF LYNDON THROUGH THE FIRST BEND OF THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF LYNDON...OR TO WHERE HACKLEBERRY CREEK AND WALKER SLOUGH ENTER THE RIVER NORTH OF PROPHETSTOWN. RIVER LEVELS AT JOSLIN HAVE RISEN RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON. THE HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS EMERGENCY MANAGER CONFIRMS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE MOVING PAST THE GAGE NEAR JOSLIN. AS THIS ICE MOVES DOWNSTREAM IT MAY CREATE A NEW ICE JAM. ILZ009-015-016-190500- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140320T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 352 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * THE LARGE ICE JAM NEAR COMO BROKE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ICE IS MOVING DOWNSTREAM BUT MAY CREATE A NEW JAM WHEN IT REACHES THE ICE JAM AT MOLINE ROAD. * THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS HAS INCREASED DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND 50S. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING REMAINS VERY HIGH. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG THE ROCK RIVER MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING DEVELOPS. && $$
101 WGUS63 KDVN 190342 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1042 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS REMAINS HIGH ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .SIGNIFICANT ICE CONTINUES MOVING THROUGH THE ROCK RIVER. UNTIL THE ICE LEAVES THE RIVER...THE RISK OF ICE JAM FLOODING REMAINS HIGH ON THE LOWER ROCK RIVER. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING HAS INCREASED DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND 50S TODAY. THESE TEMPERATURES HAVE WEAKENED THE ICE IN THE RIVER AND NEW ICE JAMS ARE VERY POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS. FURTHER EXTENSIONS OF THIS FLOOD WATCH ARE POSSIBLE. THE LARGE ICE JAM ON THE ROCK RIVER NEAR COMO BROKE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ICE IS MOVING DOWNSTREAM THROUGH JOSLIN BUT MAY CREATE ANOTHER JAM AS IT MEETS UP WITH THE ICE JAMS AT MOLINE ROAD. ICE JAMS CAN CREATE VERY RAPID CHANGES IN RIVER LEVELS WITH LITTLE ADVANCE NOTICE. ADDITIONAL ICE JAMS ARE LOCATED AT MOLINE ROAD...SOUTH OF MELLOTS ROAD AT THE REST AREA AND BOAT RAMP. ANOTHER LARGE ICE JAM RUNS FROM SOUTH OF LYNDON THROUGH THE FIRST BEND OF THE RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF LYNDON...OR TO WHERE HACKLEBERRY CREEK AND WALKER SLOUGH ENTER THE RIVER NORTH OF PROPHETSTOWN. RIVER LEVELS AT JOSLIN ROSE RAPIDLY THIS AFTERNOON AS THE ICE WAS MOVING PAST THE GAGE NEAR JOSLIN. THE RIVER STAGE HAS SINCE LEVELED OFF THIS EVENING... BUT AS THIS ICE MOVES DOWNSTREAM IT MAY CREATE NEW ICE JAMS. ILZ009-015-016-191145- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140320T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 1042 PM CDT TUE MAR 18 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING * THE LARGE ICE JAM NEAR COMO BROKE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE ICE IS MOVING DOWNSTREAM THROUGH JOSLIN AND MAY CREATE A NEW JAM WHEN IT REACHES THE ICE JAM AT MOLINE ROAD. * THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS HAS INCREASED DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE 40S AND 50S. THE THREAT OF NEW ICE JAMS DEVELOPING REMAINS VERY HIGH. THE FLOOD WATCH FOR AREAS ALONG THE ROCK RIVER MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED BEYOND WEDNESDAY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING DEVELOPS. && $$
360 WGUS63 KDVN 190838 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 338 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS CONTINUES ALONG THE ROCK RIVER... .THE CONDITION OF THE ROCK RIVER IS MOSTLY UNKNOWN EARLY THIS MORNING...AND WHILE RIVER STAGES AT COMO AND JOSLIN ALONG THE ROCK RIVER INDICATE LEVELS FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FLOOD STAGE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS IS DECREASED UNTIL A FULL SURVEY OF RIVER CONDITIONS TAKES PLACE. AS THE SUN COMES UP TODAY...THE THREAT FOR ICE JAM FLOODING WILL BECOME MORE CERTAIN AS ICE CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED. ILZ009-015-016-191645- /O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140320T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 338 AM CDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HENRY IL...ROCK ISLAND AND WHITESIDE. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * RIVER STAGES AT COMO AND JOSLIN ALONG THE ROCK RIVER INDICATE LEVELS FALLING TO NEAR OR BELOW FLOOD STAGE IT IS VERY DIFFICULT TO SAY THAT THE THREAT OF ICE JAMS IS DECREASED UNTIL A FULL SURVEY OF RIVER CONDITIONS TAKES PLACE. AS THE SUN COMES UP TODAY...THE THREAT FOR ICE JAM FLOODING WILL BECOME MORE CERTAIN AS ICE CONDITIONS ARE OBSERVED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF A FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING DEVELOPS. && $$ ERVIN
123 WGUS63 KDVN 200008 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 708 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2014 ILZ009-015-016-200115- /O.EXP.KDVN.FA.A.0002.000000T0000Z-140320T0000Z/ /00000.0.IJ.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE... ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE 708 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2014 ...FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... THE FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING. AT 530 PM CDT...HENRY COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED ICE FROM BANK TO BANK AT JOSLIN AND THE ROUTE 84 BRIDGE MOVING SWIFTLY. THIS HAS PRODUCE RISES TO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE AT JOSLIN WHERE A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT. THIS ICE WILL CONTINUE MOVING DOWN THE LOWER ROCK WITH FLUCTUATIONS IN RIVER LEVELS POSSIBLE THROUGH MOLINE OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS THE ICE MOVES THROUGH THE RIVER. UPSTREAM OF JOSLIN AND MOLINE...THE WHITESIDE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT HAS REPORTED NO SIGNIFICANT ICE ON THE ROCK RIVER THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY... WITH THE CONDITIONS BEING REPORTED AS OPEN AND FLOWING WITH JUST A FEW CHUNKS OF ICE IN THE CHANNEL. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flood watch 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 flood watch went out at Mar 14, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 14, 3:19 PM CDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 319 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 236 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 TYPICAL WINDY AND MILD MARCH WEATHER WAS IN PLACE THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. AT 2 PM...THE SURFACE COLD FRONT WAS ROUGHLY FROM CHICAGO TO ST LOUIS. DEEP MIXING AND SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE FRONT HAS ALLOWED TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE MID AND UPPER 50S SOUTH OF I-80...WHILE DEVELOPING STRATO CU...STRONGER COLD AIR ADVECTION...AND PATCHY SNOW COVER WAS LIMITING THE HIGHWAY 20 CORRIDOR TO THE LOWER 40S. THE COLD FRONT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH A SURFACE LOW OVER EASTERN UPPER MI...WHICH HAD A WEAK TROUGH AXIS REACHING EAST ACROSS NORTHERN WI INTO CENTRAL MN. ALOFT...A STRONG SHORTWAVE WAS MOVING INTO THE GREAT LAKES WITH AN UPSTREAM RIDGE AXIS OVER THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. THE NEXT SHORTWAVE POISED TO AFFECT THE REGION THIS WEEKEND WAS EVIDENT ON WV IMAGES MOVING INTO THE PACIFIC NW. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 236 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 INITIAL FOCUS IS TEMPERATURES TODAY INTO EARLY SATURDAY...THEN DEVELOPING PRECIPITATION AS THE ENERGY MOVING INTO THE NW LEADS TO CYCLOGENESIS OVER THE PLAINS. TONIGHT...INCOMING CLOUD COVER OVER N CENTRAL IA INTO MN AND EASTERN SD IS LOOKING MORE INSTABILITY DRIVEN IN TIME AND SHOULD AFFECT MAINLY THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA BEFORE DISSIPATING THIS EVENING...AS INDICATED BY SHORT TERM MODEL LOW LEVEL RH TRENDS. THIS PROCESS WILL BE HELPED ALONG BY MID LEVEL SUBSIDENCE AHEAD OF THE UPPER RIDGE OVER THE ROCKIES. AT THE SURFACE...HIGH PRESSURE IS ANCHORED WELL TO THE NORTH OVER CENTRAL CANADA...LEADING TO A COL TYPE REGION OVER THE FORECAST AREA TONIGHT AS THE LOW CONTINUES WESTWARD. THIS COMBINATION OF CLEARING SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS SHOULD ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO DROP BELOW FREEZING OVER MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA. LOOKING AT VERIFICATION FROM THE SOURCE REGION THIS MORNING...WILL HAVE COLDEST VALUES IN THE MID 20S CLOSEST TO THE LAST OF THE REMAINING SNOW IN THE FAR NORTH AND EAST WITH UPPER 20S TO LOWER 30S ELSEWHERE. SATURDAY...THE SHORTWAVE MOVING INTO THE NW U.S. IS EXPECTED TO EMERGE INTO THE PLAINS...WHERE IT BEGINS TO PHASE WITH A SEPARATE SOUTHERN STREAM LOW CURRENTLY OVER AZ. THIS LEADS TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACE LOW OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND FORMATION OF A WARM FRONT AND TIGHT BAROCLINIC AXIS AT 850 MB OVER SOUTHERN IA INTO CENTRAL IL SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY ...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS AND SUNSHINE SHOULD LEAD TO ANOTHER MILD DAY WITH HIGHS IN THE 50S TO NEAR 60 ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR. TO THE NORTH...THE FRONTOGENESIS AND HIGH PRESSURE SINKING SOUTH OUT OF CANADA WILL LEAD TO EAST TO NORTHEAST WINDS. THIS ALONG WITH THICKENING CLOUD COVER IN THE WARM AIR ADVECTION ALOFT WILL LIMIT HIGHS TO THE UPPER 30S TO UPPER 40S OVER THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN FORECAST AREA. WITH THIS LOW LEVEL COOL DRY AIR...MID LEVEL CONFLUENT FLOW ALOFT AND MORE FAVORABLE JET PLACEMENT FURTHER NORTH...MODEL QPF PLACEMENT INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA LOOKS OVERDONE. WILL INCLUDE LOW CHANCE POPS ACROSS THE FAR NORTH AND WEST FOR LATE AFTERNOON...BUT BETTER CHANCES FOR PRECIPITATION WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT. MODEL FORECAST SOUNDINGS GENERALLY SUPPORT ALL PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF SNOW IF IT DOES DEVELOP IN THE NORTH WITH A WET SNOW/RAIN MIX CENTRAL AND WEST IF IT WERE TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 236 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 GENERALLY DRY AND MOSTLY SEASONABLE TEMPS FOR MID MARCH WITH SOME LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT INTO EARLY SUNDAY. OVERVIEW...INITIALIZATION AND VERIFICATION SLIGHTLY BETTER TODAY WITH GOOD CONSISTENCY ON LARGE SCALE ISSUES. THE AMERICAN SOLUTIONS CONTINUE A SLIGHT TOO MOIST BL. THIS CONSISTENT BIAS HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS IN THE FORECAST. AMERICAN SOLUTIONS AND TOO A LESSER EXTENT OTHERS HAVE LOWERED THEIR SATURDAY QPF AMOUNTS BY 50-80 PERCENT THE PAST 24-48 HOURS. A SLIGHTLY DRIER EVENT THAN SOLUTIONS INDICATE IS SUGGESTED BEFORE THE EVENT OCCURS ON LATE SATURDAY PM AND SATURDAY NIGHT. VERIFICATION AND RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY SHOWS MINOR SENSIBLE WEATHER DIFFERENCES WITH A 70/30 MIX OF GFS TO HI-RES ECMWF/GEM-NH MOST FAVORED FIT. SATURDAY NIGHT...LIMITED FORCING AND MOISTURE SUPPORTS A 2 TO 5 HOUR BAND OF LIGHT PRECIPITATION TO SLIDE SE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. THERMAL PROFILES SUGGEST GOOD EVAPORATIVE COOLING WITH SIGNIFICANT CAA ALOFT. THIS PROVIDES GOOD CONFIDENCE THAT PRECIPITATION MAY START AS RAIN TO TRANSITION TO SNOW WITHIN 1 TO AT MOST 2 HOURS OF STARTING. A BRIEF PERIOD OF SLEET IS QUITE POSSIBLE FOR LATER SHIFTS TO CONSIDER. HAVE TRIED TO HAVE A PERIOD OF RAIN/SNOW CHANGING TO SNOW. SNOW TOTALS ARE AOB .5" TO LOCALLY NEAR 1 INCH NORTH OF I-80 CORRIDOR. MINS ARE GENERALLY 15 TO 25 WITH NORTH COLDER AS PARTIAL CLEARING OCCURS. BLUSTERY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH AND SOME GUSTS TO NEAR 30 MPH STILL ON TRACK. SUNDAY...SKIES TO BECOME MOSTLY SUNNY WITH LINGERING LIGHT SNOW OR FLURRIES TO END BY MOVING TO THE SOUTH LATE MORNING. HIGHS...MINOR CHANGES MADE WITH UPPER 20S NORTH TO LOWER TO MID 30S SOUTH. GUSTY NE WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH TO DIMINISH TOWARD LATE AFTERNOON. SUNDAY...COLD FOR MID MARCH WITH LIGHT NE WINDS SUPPORTIVE OF VERY COLD IN LOW LYING LOCATIONS IN THE WAPSI AND ROCK RIVER VALLEY/S. LOWS IN THE TEENS WITH SOME ISOLATED VALUES NEAR 10F POSSIBLE NORTH OF I-80 FOR LATER SHIFTS TO REASSESS. MONDAY AND TUESDAY...SURFACE HIGH TO MOVE EAST WITH WARMING TREND WITH HIGHS ABOUT 35 TO 43 ON MONDAY AND ABOUT 10 DEGREES WARMER ON TUESDAY. LIMITED MOISTURE SUPPORTS ONLY LOW TO VERY LOW POPS TUESDAY WITH NEXT UPPER DISTURBANCE AS GULF MOISTURE CLOSED AND LOW TRACK TO PASS TO NW OR OVER FAR NW WHICH NOT FAVORABLE FOR ANY RAIN OR SNOW. WINDS MAY BECOME GUSTY TUESDAY AHEAD OF NEXT SHORT WAVE. IF THIS SYSTEM SLOWS DOWN BY 6+ HOURS ALLOWING FOR MORE MOISTURE OR TRACKS FURTHER SE THEN HIGHER POPS MAY NEED TO BE ADDED. LOWS SHOULD STAY AROUND FREEZING. WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...ANY PRECIPITATION TO END BY MID DAY WEDNESDAY WITH ZONAL FLOW SUPPORTING TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE NORMAL WITH A WARMING TREND THU/FRI. SOME LOCAL TOOLS BASED ON 850 TEMPS SUGGEST HIGHER TEMPS BY 5 TO 8+ DEGREES FOR LATER SHIFTS TO REASSESS. SOME HIGHS IN THE 60S ARE NOT UNREASONABLE IF TRENDS CONTINUE. LOWS IN THE 20S WITH 30S LIKELY ON FRIDAY MORNING. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO AID DRYING AND THAWING OF AREA SOILS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z SATURDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 236 PM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 THE SURFACE COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED EAST OF THE TERMINALS AS OF MIDDAY...LEAVING GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS IN ITS WAKE. WIND SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 KTS AND POTENTIAL GUSTS TO 30 KTS THIS AFTERNOON...WILL DIMINISH TO LESS THAN 10 KTS THIS EVENING. A LARGE AREA OF LOW CLOUDS ADVANCING SOUTHEAST OUT OF MN AND NORTHERN IA WILL LIKELY RESULT IN A PERIOD OF MVFR CIGS AT ESPECIALLY CID AND DBQ THIS AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...CONDITIONS WILL BE VFR WITH VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FORMS IN THE PLAINS. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...SHEETS SHORT TERM...SHEETS LONG TERM...NICHOLS AVIATION...SHEETS
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 14, 3:45 AM CDT, 15 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 345 AM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-150845- 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- 345 AM CDT FRI MAR 14 2014 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 FEW AREA TRIBUTARY RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. THERE IS AN INCREASED POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL BREAK-UP ICE JAMS ON AREA RIVERS DUE TO THE WARMER TEMPERATURES TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ANY REPORTS OF ICE JAMS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. GROSS/ERVIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 8:50 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 44 hr |
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