Morning update: Rising waters

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By Rick Rector | Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:27 AM CDT | () comments

Good morning, Quad-Cities. At 5:30 a.m. it’s 58 degrees with rain in the Quad-Cities. Today we’ll see showers and thunderstorms between 7 a.m. and 10 a.m., then a slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 1 p.m. The high will be around 82 degrees. Tonight will be partly cloudy with a low around 64 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

Because of the rising Mississippi, River Drive between Brady and 4th streets will close at 8 a.m. this morning. Also Davenport public works trucks will be hauling dirt from 46th Street and Elmore Avenue down Jersey Ridge Road through the Village of East Davenport. Police may stop traffic at times and set up barricades.

The Mississippi River at Rock Island — (15 feet flood stage) is currently at 14 feet. That’s up more than a foot in the last 24 hours. Forecast: Crest at 17.96 feet on Saturday.

Flooding will affect the railroad tracks in downtown Davenport and River Drive, Pershing Avenue and Federal Street, LeClaire Park and lower parking lots, Credit Island Lane, houses along South Concord Street and on Enchanted Island. Affected in Moline will be the 4700 block of River Drive. Water will be at the base of the floodwall gates at the downtown Rock Island riverfront. In Bettendorf, water will affect Leach Park.

Flood warnings are out for all of our area rivers because recent heavy rains. Find all the area river levels on our live river-levels page.

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Road closures

Spring weather brings with it area road closures for the Quad-Cities. Currently, there are more than two dozen projects affecting city and/or county roads in the region. Check the list before you head out this morning.

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Plot a pothole

Had your teeth rattled by a car-eating pothole? First, call the city where the pothole is located. Here are the phone numbers: Davenport: 326-7923; Bettendorf: 344-4088; Moline: 797-0425; Rock Island: 732-2200; East Moline: 752-1573. Then find out where the worst potholes are in the Quad-Cities on our pothole map.