Flood Watch

NWS Quad Cities IA IL · US

Updated

This event was updated at 2026-09-20 17:31:00 UTC.

Details

Flood Watch Remains In Effect Through Sunday Morning

Event: Flood Watch
Issued: 2026-09-19 16:36:00 UTC
Onset: 2026-09-19 16:36:00 UTC
Message expires: 2026-09-20 12:00:00 UTC
Expected end: 2026-09-20 12:00:00 UTC
Category: Meteorological
Urgency: Future
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Possible
Response: Prepare

Description

What

Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible.

Where

Portions of northwest Illinois, including the following counties, Carroll, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Rock Island, Stephenson and Whiteside and Iowa, including the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott and Washington.

When

Through Sunday morning.

Impacts

Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations. Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

Additional details

- Widespread showers and storms are expected to develop again this evening and last into Sunday. These storms will be capable of rainfall rates between 1 to 2 inches per hour. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are likely in the hardest hit areas tonight, with the potential for localized areas of 3+ inches.

Instructions

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flood Warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop.

Affected areas

Buchanan County, IA
Delaware County, IA
Dubuque County, IA
Benton County, IA
Linn County, IA
Jones County, IA
Jackson County, IA
Iowa County, IA
Johnson County, IA
Cedar County, IA
Clinton County, IA
Muscatine County, IA
Scott County, IA
Washington County, IA
Louisa County, IA
Jo Daviess County, IL
Stephenson County, IL
Carroll County, IL
Whiteside County, IL
Rock Island County, IL
Mercer County, IL

Public contact

Issuer: NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Website: http://www.weather.gov

Message record

Received: 2026-09-19 16:36:28 UTC
Issue to receipt: ~28s
CAP status: Actual
CAP message type: Update
Lifecycle: Updated
Source: NWWS-OI
Feed: NWWS
Recovered: No

CAP routing and identity

ULID: 01M2X8DFVMJX2XVY5NEG95E2HS
Identifier: urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.98ed9e7474e148ad0b514b74630abfc6bb33230e.001.1
Sender: w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
Scope: Public
CAP source: 211803 v2.3.0
Handling codes: IPAWSv1.0
Issuing office: NWS Quad Cities IA IL
AWIPS ID: CAPDVN
NWWS sequence: nwws_processor.6328
WMO heading: XOUS53
WMO data type: CAP alert message XML (XO)
WMO geography: United States (US)
WMO bulletin number: 53

References

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Event codes

Name	Value
SAME	FFA
NationalWeatherService	FAA

Parameters

Name	Value
AWIPSidentifier	FFADVN
WMOidentifier	WGUS63 KDVN 191636
NWSheadline	FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
BLOCKCHANNEL	EAS
BLOCKCHANNEL	NWEM
EAS-ORG	WXR
VTEC	/O.CON.KDVN.FA.A.0011.000000T0000Z-260920T1200Z/
eventEndingTime	2026-09-20T07:00:00-05:00
BLOCKCHANNEL	CMAS
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Locations

Location data

Buchanan County, IA
Delaware County, IA
Dubuque County, IA
Benton County, IA
Linn County, IA
Jones County, IA
Jackson County, IA
Iowa County, IA
Johnson County, IA
Cedar County, IA
Clinton County, IA
Muscatine County, IA
Scott County, IA
Washington County, IA
Louisa County, IA
Jo Daviess County, IL
Stephenson County, IL
Carroll County, IL
Whiteside County, IL
Rock Island County, IL
Mercer County, IL

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SAME	017085
SAME	017177
SAME	017015
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UGC	IAZ053
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UGC	IAZ064
UGC	IAZ065
UGC	IAZ066
UGC	IAZ067
UGC	IAZ068
UGC	IAZ077
UGC	IAZ078
UGC	ILZ001
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