Flood Watch
NWS Quad Cities IA IL ยท US
Details
Flood Watch Now In Effect Until 1 PM CDT This Afternoon
- Event
- Flood Watch
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Future
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Possible
- Response
- Prepare
Description
What
Flooding and flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
Where
Portions of Illinois, including the following areas, Bureau, Carroll, Henry IL, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Putnam, Rock Island, Stephenson and Whiteside and Iowa, including the following areas, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Iowa, Jackson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott and Washington.
When
Until 1 PM CDT this afternoon.
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 will continue to move across the watch area through at least late Sunday morning. 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, with the potential for localized areas of 4 to 5 inches.
Instructions
You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible Flash 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
- Keokuk 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
- Henry County, IL
- Bureau County, IL
- Putnam County, IL
- Mercer County, IL
Public contact
- Issuer
- NWS Quad Cities IA IL
- Website
- http://www.weather.gov
Message record
- Received
- Issue to receipt
- ~1m11s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2YRZHCYRQWA1JZFGCPM64FQ
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.5031f89eca654afa3fbf8159e6c677416586b8ea.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.1474
- WMO heading
- XOUS53
- WMO data type
- CAP alert message XML (XO)
- WMO geography
- United States (US)
- WMO bulletin number
- 53
References
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
- Sender
- w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov
- Sent
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFA |
| NationalWeatherService | FAA |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFADVN |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS63 KDVN 200644 |
| NWSheadline | FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.EXT.KDVN.FA.A.0011.000000T0000Z-260920T1800Z/ |
| eventEndingTime | 2026-09-20T13:00:00-05:00 |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | CMAS |
| expiredReferences | w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3f2321049fc759fd10ce334fc65afd6a4bba82bb.002.1,2026-09-18T13:56:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.3f2321049fc759fd10ce334fc65afd6a4bba82bb.001.1,2026-09-18T13:56:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aef94b7767caec2597f778f5616bb9ab78e49491.002.1,2026-09-18T10:45:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.aef94b7767caec2597f778f5616bb9ab78e49491.001.1,2026-09-18T10:45:00-05:00 w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov,urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.fa0cfc4b23f808118c061987e380d435866f1695.001.1,2026-09-18T01:23:00-05:00 |
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
- Keokuk 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
- Henry County, IL
- Bureau County, IL
- Putnam County, IL
- Mercer County, IL
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|---|---|
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| SAME | 019055 |
| SAME | 019061 |
| SAME | 019011 |
| SAME | 019113 |
| SAME | 019105 |
| SAME | 019097 |
| SAME | 019095 |
| SAME | 019103 |
| SAME | 019031 |
| SAME | 019045 |
| SAME | 019139 |
| SAME | 019163 |
| SAME | 019107 |
| SAME | 019183 |
| SAME | 019115 |
| SAME | 017085 |
| SAME | 017177 |
| SAME | 017015 |
| SAME | 017195 |
| SAME | 017161 |
| SAME | 017073 |
| SAME | 017011 |
| SAME | 017155 |
| SAME | 017131 |
| UGC | IAZ040 |
| UGC | IAZ041 |
| UGC | IAZ042 |
| UGC | IAZ051 |
| UGC | IAZ052 |
| UGC | IAZ053 |
| UGC | IAZ054 |
| UGC | IAZ063 |
| UGC | IAZ064 |
| UGC | IAZ065 |
| UGC | IAZ066 |
| UGC | IAZ067 |
| UGC | IAZ068 |
| UGC | IAZ076 |
| UGC | IAZ077 |
| UGC | IAZ078 |
| UGC | ILZ001 |
| UGC | ILZ002 |
| UGC | ILZ007 |
| UGC | ILZ009 |
| UGC | ILZ015 |
| UGC | ILZ016 |
| UGC | ILZ017 |
| UGC | ILZ018 |
| UGC | ILZ024 |