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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

March 9, 2020Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood watch at Mar 9, 2020, 10:08 AM CDT for Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It took effect at Mar 12, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2020, 10:08 AM CDT (15:08 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 12, 2020, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 10, 2020, 10:07 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

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 15:08 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 11.09 ft at Mar 11, 2020, 10:00 AM CDT.

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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 watch 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 watch went out at Mar 9, 6:01 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 9, 6:01 AM CDT, 4 hours 7 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.