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River Flood Warning 24, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 23, 2023Hancock County, Illinois; Clark County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 23, 2023, 11:05 AM CDT for Hancock County, Illinois; Clark County, Missouri. It was in force for 23 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2023, 11:05 AM CDT (16:05 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2023, 9:28 PM CDT
In force
23 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Hancock County, IL, Clark County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Gregory Landing (GGYM7).

Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
25 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 Apr 23, 8:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 8:11 AM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 2:50 AM CDTFreeze WarningDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more29 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2023River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2023Every river flood warning in 2023

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.