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River Flood Warning 152, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 16, 2019Henry County, Rock Island County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 16, 2019, 8:55 AM CDT for Henry County, Rock Island County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 17, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 54 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 16, 2019, 8:55 AM CDT (13:55 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 17, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 19, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 54 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Henry County, IL, Rock Island County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rock River at Moline (MLII2).

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 14 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 Jun 16, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 6:39 AM CDT, 2 hours 16 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
Jun 15, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton	17 min
Jun 15, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Louisa and 2 more	40 min
Jun 15, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar	45 min
Jun 15, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Louisa	53 min
Jun 15, 8:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Washington	53 min
Jun 15, 8:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Louisa	17 min
Jun 15, 8:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clinton	51 min
Jun 15, 9:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Lee, Van Buren	3 hr
Jun 15, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	88 min
Jun 15, 9:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Scott	87 min
Jun 16, 9:30 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa	4 days
Jun 15, 8:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Hancock	31 min
Jun 15, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henry	56 min
Jun 15, 10:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Hancock, McDonough	106 min
Jun 15, 10:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Bureau	67 min

Nearby

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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.