FLOOD WATCH
FLOOD WATCH ISSUED APRIL 17 AT 12:46PM CDT UNTIL APRIL 18 AT 4:00AM CDT
Effective: 2026-04-17 12:46:00 Local Time
Expires: 2026-04-18 04:00:00 Local Time
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Alert Text
* WHAT...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. * WHERE...PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, BUREAU, CARROLL, HANCOCK, HENDERSON, HENRY IL, JO DAVIESS, MCDONOUGH, MERCER, PUTNAM, ROCK ISLAND, STEPHENSON, WARREN AND WHITESIDE, IOWA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, BUCHANAN, CEDAR, CLINTON, DELAWARE, DES MOINES, DUBUQUE, HENRY IA, JACKSON, JOHNSON, JONES, LEE, LINN, LOUISA, MUSCATINE, SCOTT AND WASHINGTON, AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA, CLARK.
* WHEN...THROUGH LATE TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS, CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS. LOW-WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED. AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE RUNNING HIGH AND COULD FLOOD WITH MORE HEAVY RAIN.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - RECENT ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN HAVE RESULTED IN SATURATED SOILS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80. SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80, SOILS ARE QUITE MOIST.
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Target Area
BUCHANAN, DELAWARE, DUBUQUE, LINN, JONES, JACKSON, JOHNSON, CEDAR, CLINTON, MUSCATINE, SCOTT, WASHINGTON, LOUISA, HENRY, DES MOINES, LEE, JO DAVIESS, STEPHENSON, CARROLL, WHITESIDE, ROCK ISLAND, HENRY, BUREAU, PUTNAM, MERCER, HENDERSON, WARREN, HANCOCK, MCDONOUGH, CLARK
