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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

January 18, 2017Henry County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this areal flood warning at Jan 18, 2017, 1:20 PM CST for Henry County, Illinois. It was in force for 27 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 18, 2017, 1:20 PM CST (19:20 UTC)
Expired
Jan 19, 2017, 4:15 PM CST
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Henry County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Jan 18, 12:15 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 18, 12:15 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 18, 3:50 AM CST, 9 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
350 AM CST WED JAN 18 2017

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-191000-
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-
350 AM CST WED JAN 18 2017

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

AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE
LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 18, 4:46 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNJohnson, Louisa, Washington67 hr
Jan 18, 6:15 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNLouisa7 days
Jan 18, 9:50 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningDVNWhiteside63 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2017Every areal flood warning in 2017

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.