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FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1238 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026
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BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-JO DAVIESS-
STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CEDAR RAPIDS, MOUNT CARROLL, GALENA,
ANAMOSA, VINTON, FREEPORT, MANCHESTER, INDEPENDENCE, DUBUQUE, AND
MAQUOKETA
1238 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE
POSSIBLE.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST ILLINOIS, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES, CARROLL, JO DAVIESS AND STEPHENSON AND IOWA, INCLUDING
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, BENTON, BUCHANAN, DELAWARE, DUBUQUE,
JACKSON, JONES AND LINN.
* WHEN...UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT.
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FELL ACROSS THIS AREA
TUESDAY EVENING, ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NEAR THE HIGHWAY 20
CORRIDOR. ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. THESE STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES UP TO 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ON SATURATED
GROUND WILL INCREASE THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
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