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River Flood Warning 38, NWS Quad Cities, IA

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

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 8, 2019, 8:16 PM CST for Henry County, Rock Island County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 11, 2019, 5:24 PM CDT. It was in force for 22 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 8, 2019, 8:16 PM CST (02:16 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 11, 2019, 5:24 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 2, 2019, 6:35 AM CDT
In force: 22 days
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 02:21 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 Mar 8, 5:47 PM CST, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 8, 5:47 PM CST, 2 hours 29 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
Mar 9, 10:54 AM CST	River Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Iowa	21 days
Mar 9, 10:54 AM CST	River Flood Watch	DVN	Johnson, Louisa, Washington	42 hr
Mar 9, 2:43 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Des Moines, Lee, Van Buren	47 min
Mar 9, 3:06 PM CST	Wind Advisory	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	17 hr
Mar 9, 3:42 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Louisa	93 min
Mar 9, 10:16 AM CST	River Flood Watch	DVN	Stephenson	24 hr
Mar 9, 11:31 AM CST	River Flood Watch	DVN	Hancock	24 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.