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River Flood Warning 37, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 8, 2019Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2019, 3:58 AM CST for Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It was in force for 28 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2019, 3:58 AM CST (09:58 UTC)
Expired: Apr 5, 2019, 11:03 AM CDT
In force: 28 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Henry County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Whiteside County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rock River near Joslin (JOSI2). The gauge peaked at 18.55 ft at Mar 16, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05446500, 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 Mar 8, 3:56 AM CST, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 3:56 AM CST, 2 minutes before

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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.