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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Quad Cities, IA

January 11, 2020Hancock County, McDonough County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jan 11, 2020, 4:47 AM CST for Hancock County, McDonough County, Illinois. It took effect at Jan 11, 2020, 10:00 PM CST. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jan 11, 2020, 4:47 AM CST (10:47 UTC)
In effect from
Jan 11, 2020, 10:00 PM CST
Expired
Jan 11, 2020, 8:10 PM CST
In force
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Hancock County, IL, McDonough County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point La Moine River at Colmar (CLMI2). The gauge peaked at 18.87 ft at Jan 11, 2020, 8:00 PM CST.

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Action stage
19 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
24 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05584500, 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 Jan 10, 3:41 PM CST, 13 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 3:41 PM CST, 13 hours 6 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.