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Flood — Whiteside, IL

May 1, 2009

Property Damage
$167K
Flood Cause
Heavy Rain

Heavy rains during the last week of April resulted in the Rock River at Joslin and Moline going above their respective moderate flood stage levels during the first few days of May.||The Rock River at Joslin surpassed its moderate flood stage level of 14 feet on May 1 around 6 pm. It crested around 14.5 feet around 12 am May 3. It fell back below its moderate flood stage level around 6 pm on May 4.||The Rock River at Moline surpassed its moderate flood stage level of 13 feet on May 2 around 3 p

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 170178). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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