Iowa Severe Flash Flood Warning | Effective 07/20/2026 09:36

Headline: 
Flash Flood Warning issued July 20 at 11:36AM CDT until July 20 at 5:30PM CDT by NWS Quad Cities IA IL
Event: 
Flash Flood Warning
Urgency: 
Immediate
Effective: 
July 20, 2026 - 9:36am
Expires: 
July 20, 2026 - 3:30pm
Description: 
FFWDVN The National Weather Service in Quad Cities has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southeastern Cedar County in east central Iowa... Eastern Muscatine County in east central Iowa... Scott County in east central Iowa... * Until 530 PM CDT. * At 1136 AM CDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 3 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Davenport, Rock Island, Bettendorf, Muscatine, Tipton, Durant, Eldridge, Wilton, Walcott, Blue Grass, Buffalo, Fruitland, Long Grove, Bennett, Donahue, Montpelier, Dixon, Stockton, Maysville and New Liberty. This includes the following highways... Interstate 74 in Iowa between mile markers 1 and 5. Interstate 280 between mile markers 1 and 10. Interstate 80 in Iowa between mile markers 266 and 299.
Instruction: 
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Area Description: 
Cedar, IA; Muscatine, IA; Scott, IA
Forcast Office: 
NWS Quad Cities IA IL