Flash Flood Warning
NWS Quad Cities IA IL ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Issued September 20 At 1:38AM CDT Until September 20 At 7:30AM CDT By NWS Quad Cities IA IL
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
FFWDVN The National Weather Service in Quad Cities has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Clinton County in east central Iowa... Eastern Muscatine County in east central Iowa... Scott County in east central Iowa... Northwestern Bureau County in north central Illinois... Henry IL County in northwestern Illinois... Mercer County in northwestern Illinois... Rock Island County in northwestern Illinois... Southern Whiteside County in northwestern Illinois... * Until 730 AM CDT. * At 138 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain moving across southern and eastern portions of the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen across much of the warned area with these storms. More heavy rain producing storms will move back across the area over the next few hours with additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches likely in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
Hazard
Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
Source
Radar indicated.
Impacts
Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Davenport, Moline, Rock Island, Bettendorf, Muscatine, East Moline, Kewanee, Aledo, Cambridge, Silvis, Geneseo, Eldridge, Colona, Milan, Le Claire, Coal Valley and Galva. This includes the following State Parks... Big Bend Fish and Wildlife Area, Johnson-Sauk Trail State Recreation Area and Prophetstown State Park. This includes the following highways... Interstate 74 in Iowa between mile markers 1 and 5. Interstate 280 between mile markers 1 and 18. Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 279 and 306. Interstate 80 in Illinois between mile markers 1 and 43. Interstate 74 in Illinois between mile markers 1 and 33. Interstate 88 between mile markers 1 and 32...and between mile markers 36 and 43.
Instructions
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads. Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law enforcement and request they pass this information to the National Weather Service when you can do so safely.
Affected areas
- Clinton County, IA
- Muscatine County, IA
- Scott County, IA
- Bureau County, IL
- Henry County, IL
- Mercer County, IL
- Rock Island County, IL
- Whiteside County, IL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Quad Cities IA IL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~23s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Alert
- Lifecycle
- New
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2YRK2MXZNRA4GYVJGBW6CFR
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.2407b6106c152666b5bdab0c6ef1dada9fd9ed21.001.1
- 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.1188
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFW |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFWDVN |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS53 KDVN 200638 |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.NEW.KDVN.FF.W.0048.260920T0638Z-260920T1230Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T07:30:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
Locations
Location data
- Clinton County, IA
- Muscatine County, IA
- Scott County, IA
- Bureau County, IL
- Henry County, IL
- Mercer County, IL
- Rock Island County, IL
- Whiteside County, IL
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | 019045 |
| SAME | 019139 |
| SAME | 019163 |
| SAME | 017011 |
| SAME | 017073 |
| SAME | 017131 |
| SAME | 017161 |
| SAME | 017195 |
| UGC | IAC045 |
| UGC | IAC139 |
| UGC | IAC163 |
| UGC | ILC011 |
| UGC | ILC073 |
| UGC | ILC131 |
| UGC | ILC161 |
| UGC | ILC195 |
- Polygons
- 41.33,-91.08 41.42,-91.05 41.6,-90.9 41.79,-90.9 41.76,-89.64 41.52,-89.65 41.23,-89.8 41.23,-89.87 41.15,-89.87 41.15,-90.44 41.06,-90.44 41.07,-90.95 41.1,-90.95 41.16,-90.99 41.24,-91.11 41.31,-91.07 41.33,-91.08