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Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 28, 201821 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood watch at Aug 28, 2018, 9:08 AM CDT for 21 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It was in force for 20 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 2018, 9:08 AM CDT (14:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2018, 4:55 AM CDT
In force
20 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
None
All 36 counties

Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNScott59 min
Aug 28, 5:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNIowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington61 min
Aug 28, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBenton53 min
Aug 28, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNIowa35 min
Aug 28, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Van Buren, Washington39 min
Aug 28, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington61 min
Aug 28, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNIowa, Johnson28 min
Aug 28, 6:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Louisa, Washington42 min
Aug 28, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJones, Linn36 min
Aug 28, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn38 min
Aug 28, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Muscatine, Scott64 min
Aug 28, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMercer30 min
Aug 28, 1:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNRock Island25 min
Aug 28, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBureau63 min
Aug 28, 6:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Mercer, Rock Island60 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Iowa, 2018Flash Flood Watches in Illinois, 2018Flash Flood Watches in Missouri, 2018Every flash flood watch in 2018

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.