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River Flood Warning 61, NWS Quad Cities, IA

November 17, 2015Hancock County, McDonough County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Nov 17, 2015, 2:49 PM CST for Hancock County, McDonough County, Illinois. It took effect at Nov 18, 2015, 7:38 AM CST. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 17, 2015, 2:49 PM CST (20:49 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 18, 2015, 7:38 AM CST
Expired
Nov 21, 2015, 1:17 PM CST
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Hancock County, IL, McDonough County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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 La Moine River at Colmar (CLMI2).

Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05584500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2015Every 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.