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River Flood Warning 151, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 30, 2019Stephenson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 30, 2019, 9:35 AM CDT for Stephenson County, Illinois. It took effect at May 30, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 24 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 30, 2019, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC)
In effect from: May 30, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 31, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Stephenson County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Pecatonica River at Freeport (FEEI2). The gauge peaked at 12.97 ft at May 31, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 11.5 ft
Minor stage: 13 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05435500, 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 May 30, 6:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 6:38 AM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 4:21 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 30, 5:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 6:46 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 8:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 8:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 8:49 AM CDT, 46 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
May 29, 7:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton	37 min
May 29, 7:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn	49 min
May 29, 7:18 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Iowa	42 min
May 29, 7:53 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson, Linn	52 min
May 29, 8:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	DVN	Iowa	22 min
May 29, 8:08 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson, Washington	52 min
May 29, 8:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Linn	6 hr
May 29, 8:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Johnson, Linn	32 min
May 29, 8:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	6 hr
May 29, 9:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn	75 min
May 29, 9:48 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Johnson, Lee, Louisa	5 hr
May 29, 10:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Jones	66 min
May 29, 10:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones, Scott	6 hr
May 29, 10:31 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Muscatine, Scott	4 hr
May 29, 10:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton	53 min
May 30, 3:04 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Louisa, Van Buren and 1 more	33 hr
May 29, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	41 min
May 29, 7:51 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	6 hr
May 29, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Putnam, Whiteside	93 min
May 30, 12:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Carroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson	90 min
May 30, 5:19 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Whiteside	58 hr
May 30, 12:30 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DVN	Whiteside	6 hr
May 30, 2:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	DVN	Bureau, Whiteside	48 hr

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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.