281  
WGUS83 KDVN 091323  
FLSDVN  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL  
823 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2026  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
WAPSIPINICON RIVER NEAR DE WITT 4S AFFECTING CLINTON AND SCOTT  
COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS  
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY SATURDAY MORNING.  
 

 
 
IAC045-163-101330-  
/O.EXT.KDVN.FL.W.0067.000000T0000Z-261013T1230Z/  
/DEWI4.3.ER.260920T1038Z.260924T1215Z.261013T0430Z.NO/  
823 AM CDT FRI OCT 9 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...WAPSIPINICON RIVER NEAR DE WITT 4S.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 12.5 FEET, WATER AFFECTS OLD U.S. HIGHWAY 61 NEAR THE  
RIVER.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:30 AM CDT FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 12.6 FEET  
THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE MONDAY  
EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4200 9090 4184 9071 4177 9033 4169 9035  
4171 9080 4185 9090  
 

 
 
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