Flash Flood Warning
NWS Quad Cities IA IL ยท US
Details
Flash Flood Warning Remains In Effect Until 730 AM CDT This Morning For Southwestern Clinton, Eastern Muscatine, Scott, Northwestern Bureau, Henry Il, Mercer, Rock Island And Southern Whiteside Counties
- Event
- Flash Flood Warning
- Issued
- Onset
- Message expires
- Expected end
- Category
- Meteorological
- Urgency
- Immediate
- Severity
- Severe
- Certainty
- Likely
- Response
- Avoid
Description
Overview
At 500 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated a large area of light to moderate rain was occurring across the warned area. Heavy rain producing storms earlier brought rainfall of 1 to 3.5 inches across the warned area. Flash flooding is either ongoing or expected to begin shortly due to runoff from the earlier heavy rain combined with the steady rain falling.
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
- ~15s
- CAP status
- Actual
- CAP message type
- Update
- Lifecycle
- Updated
- Source
- NWWS-OI
- Feed
- NWWS
- Recovered
- No
CAP routing and identity
- ULID
- 01M2Z44PZ6FPF18SYT2MZK6YJ7
- Identifier
- urn:oid:2.49.0.1.840.0.8c1a218f27a7e50e9da9176f59e6741e526b2ac2.001.1
- 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.7069
- 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
Event codes
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| SAME | FFS |
| NationalWeatherService | FFW |
Parameters
| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| AWIPSidentifier | FFSDVN |
| WMOidentifier | WGUS73 KDVN 201000 |
| NWSheadline | FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM CDT THIS MORNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN CLINTON, EASTERN MUSCATINE, SCOTT, NORTHWESTERN BUREAU, HENRY IL, MERCER, ROCK ISLAND AND SOUTHERN WHITESIDE COUNTIES |
| flashFloodDetection | RADAR INDICATED |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | EAS |
| BLOCKCHANNEL | NWEM |
| EAS-ORG | WXR |
| VTEC | /O.CON.KDVN.FF.W.0048.000000T0000Z-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