First published 10/4/2026, 3:27:15 PM · Last updated 10/4/2026, 3:27:15 PM

Flood Watch issued October 4 at 9:41AM CDT until October 5 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

Flood Watch issued October 4 at 9:41AM CDT until October 5 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL. Additional details were not included in the source data received by Planet Briefing.

Illustrative image: The Quad Cities is a group of five cities straddling the Mississippi River on the Iowa–Illinois boundary, in the United States. These cities, Davenport and Bettendorf (in Iowa) and Rock Island, Moline, and East Moline (in Illinois), are the center of the Quad Cities Metropolitan Area, which, as of 2012, had a population estimate of 382,630 and a CSA population of 474,226, making it the 90th largest CSA in the nation. The Quad Cities is midway between Minneapolis and St. Louis, north and south, a — Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Generated scores

Scores are based on the cited reporting and use a 1–10 scale. Read the methodology.

Confidence: 3/10How certain the assessment is based on the clarity and evidence in the cited reporting.
Geographic reach: 1/10How widely the event reaches, from a local area (1) to worldwide impact (10).
Global importance: 1/10The event's broader significance, from limited importance (1) to major global importance (10).
Impact magnitude: 2/10The scale or severity of the real-world impact, from minor (1) to extreme (10).
Positivity: 3/10How harmful or beneficial the event is, from strongly harmful (1) to strongly positive (10).
Urgency: 3/10How time-sensitive the event is, from low urgency (1) to immediate attention needed (10).

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Flood Watch issued October 4 at 9:41AM CDT until October 5 at 1:00PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL

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