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River Flood Warning 22, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 27, 2020Henry County, Rock Island County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Mar 27, 2020, 9:35 AM CDT for Henry County, Rock Island County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 29, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 27, 2020, 9:35 AM CDT (14:35 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 29, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2020, 9:35 AM CDT
In force: 19 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 14:37 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 27, 6:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 6:21 AM CDT, 3 hours 14 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 26, 8:53 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	21 days
Mar 27, 10:59 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Clinton, Scott	21 days
Mar 27, 10:59 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Lee	21 days
Mar 26, 8:02 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	21 days
Mar 26, 8:02 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Henry, Rock Island	21 days
Mar 27, 9:35 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside	11 days

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.