Spared from the Worst...

In the QC we've lucked out considerably over the last few days...some cities nearby are experiencing MAJOR flooding! Milwaukee and Southern Wisconsin were hard hit a couple nights ago, and Friday night into Saturday morning Chicago and most of Northern Illinois have been hit very hard with rain. Portions of Illinois have received up to 10 INCHES of rain in the last 24 hours, and some places have picked up about 13 to 14 inches of rain in the last 48 hours! In some cases that's more rain than usually falls in a span of 4 months!

Even though river levels had been fairly low a few days ago the water is now rising extremely quickly on all rivers around the QC and for areas to the North. Even the Mississippi river will experience MAJOR flooding over the next few days in the Quad Cities. LeClaire Park, which has been hosting Bix events over the last few days, will more than likely be flooded this week according to the NWS in the Quad Cities. Check out this link to check area river forecasts:

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/index.php?wfo=dvn

Here's the forecast image for what will happen on the Mississippi River in Rock Island in the days to come:

Also alarming, here are some of the storm reports from the NWS in Davenport this morning:

1200 PM FLOOD 2 W MILLEDGEVILLE 41.96N 89.81W
07/24/2010 CARROLL IL TRAINED SPOTTER

ROCK CREEK IS FLOWING OVER A ROADWAY WEST OF TOWN.

0615 AM FLASH FLOOD GALENA 42.42N 90.43W
07/24/2010 JO DAVIESS IL TRAINED SPOTTER

FIRE WATER RESCUES FOR CARS HAVE BEEN TAKING PLACE NEAR
GALENA...STOCKTON..AND SCALES MOUND OVER THE PAST HOUR OR
TWO. SPOTTER IS PART OF ELIZABETH FIRE DEPT. ALSO REPORTS
BRIDGE WASHED OUT AT LITTLE RUSH CREEK AND BETHEL ROAD.

0825 AM HEAVY RAIN SSE SHANNON 42.15N 89.74W
07/24/2010 M4.40 INCH CARROLL IL TRAINED SPOTTER

24 HOUR TOTAL. 48 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL IS 10.45 INCHES. IT
IS STILL RAINING.

0700 AM HEAVY RAIN MOUNT CARROLL 42.10N 89.98W
07/24/2010 E7.70 INCH CARROLL IL TRAINED SPOTTER

48 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL.

Stay tuned to CBS4 News and cbs4qc.com as this situation continues to develop over the next few days!