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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 26, 2024Hancock County, Illinois; Clark County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2024, 11:07 AM CDT for Hancock County, Illinois; Clark County, Missouri. It took effect at May 28, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2024, 11:07 AM CDT (16:07 UTC)
In effect from: May 28, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 16, 2024, 11:07 AM CDT
In force: 19 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 16:10 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 May 26, 6:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 6:33 AM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 7:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 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
May 25, 8:05 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Lee	14 hr
May 25, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines	21 days
May 25, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Lee	21 days
May 25, 8:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Louisa	15 days
May 26, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Louisa	42 min
May 26, 3:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Iowa	44 min
May 26, 3:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Linn	38 min
May 26, 3:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Buchanan	51 min
May 26, 11:11 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	DVN	Louisa	48 hr
May 26, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Henry, Whiteside	39 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2024 River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.