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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 29, 2018Muscatine County, Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 29, 2018, 1:49 PM CDT for Muscatine County, Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois. It took effect at May 4, 2018, 9:35 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2018, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
In effect from
May 4, 2018, 9:35 PM CDT
Expired
May 19, 2018, 9:02 PM CDT
In force
15 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Rock Island County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Rock Island (RCKI2).

Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Apr 28, 6:38 PM CDT, 19 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 6:38 PM CDT, 19 hours 11 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 1:49 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNClinton, Scott19 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2018River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2018Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.