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River Flood Warning 10, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 8, 2022Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Aug 8, 2022, 1:06 PM CDT for Henry County, Rock Island County, Whiteside County, Illinois. It took effect at Aug 9, 2022, 11:34 AM CDT. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2022, 1:06 PM CDT (18:06 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 9, 2022, 11:34 AM CDT
Expired
Aug 11, 2022, 3:08 AM CDT
In force
40 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

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 18:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Rock River near Joslin (JOSI2). The gauge peaked at 12.35 ft at Aug 10, 2022, 12:00 PM 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 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 Aug 7, 6:49 PM CDT, 18 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 6:49 PM CDT, 18 hours 17 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBenton47 min
Aug 7, 9:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBuchanan30 min
Aug 8, 3:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNCarroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson6 hr
Aug 8, 4:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNStephenson5 days
Aug 8, 9:46 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDVNStephenson3 days
Aug 8, 10:03 AM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNHenry, Rock Island, Whiteside3 hr
Aug 8, 1:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNHenry, Rock Island4 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.