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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 2, 2020Des Moines County, Iowa; Henderson County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 2, 2020, 8:45 PM CDT for Des Moines County, Iowa; Henderson County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 3, 2020, 9:46 PM CDT. It was in force for 14 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2020, 8:45 PM CDT (01:45 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 3, 2020, 9:46 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 17, 2020, 10:23 AM CDT
In force: 14 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Des Moines County, IA, Henderson County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Gladstone (GLDI2).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 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 2, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 6:49 PM CDT, 1 hour 56 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 3, 2:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Dubuque	60 min
Jun 3, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Linn	36 min
Jun 3, 3:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jones	31 min
Jun 3, 3:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jones	31 min
Jun 3, 3:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jones	25 min
Jun 3, 4:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Dubuque	26 min
Jun 3, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton	31 min
Jun 3, 4:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton	48 min
Jun 3, 5:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Johnson	43 min
Jun 3, 6:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Cedar, Scott	39 min
Jun 3, 6:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Scott	47 min
Jun 3, 6:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Johnson	23 min
Jun 3, 6:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Scott	35 min
Jun 3, 7:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	17 min
Jun 3, 9:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Des Moines	58 min
Jun 3, 6:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Scott	52 min
Jun 3, 2:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jo Daviess, Stephenson	50 min
Jun 3, 7:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Mercer	45 min
Jun 3, 7:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	63 min
Jun 3, 8:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	33 min
Jun 3, 8:21 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Bureau, Putnam	2 hr
Jun 3, 8:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henry, Rock Island	91 min
Jun 3, 9:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Henderson, Warren	36 min
Jun 3, 10:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henderson	30 min
Jun 3, 10:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Warren	51 min
Jun 3, 6:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Rock Island	64 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2020 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2020 Every river flood warning in 2020

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.