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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 23, 2015Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 23, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT for Whiteside County, Illinois. It was in force for 71 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT (07:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 71 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 07:02 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).

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 22, 11:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 11:53 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 11:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
828 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0716 PM     TSTM WND GST     ROCK FALLS              41.77N 89.69W
06/22/2015  E70 MPH          WHITESIDE          IL   AMATEUR RADIO

            NEAR RT 40 AND RT 30 INTERSECTION.

&&

GROSS

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:33 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
833 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0832 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 S WARSAW              40.28N 91.43W
06/22/2015  E70 MPH          HANCOCK            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            60 TO 70 MPH WINDS.

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GROSS

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:36 PM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
836 PM CDT MON JUN 22 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0753 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 S FAIRMONT            40.30N 91.90W
06/22/2015                   CLARK              MO   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            LARGE TREE DOWN.

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GROSS

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:47 PM CDT, 5 hours 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 10:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 23 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 23, 8:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	5 days
Jun 23, 3:39 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	42 hr
Jun 22, 7:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Whiteside	4 hr
Jun 22, 7:16 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Whiteside	14 min
Jun 22, 7:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Mercer, Rock Island	15 min
Jun 22, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	33 min
Jun 22, 8:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Henry	53 min
Jun 22, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	30 min
Jun 22, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock	14 min
Jun 22, 7:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Scotland	53 min
Jun 22, 7:59 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Clark, Scotland	4 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.