Power outages in the Quad City area

Sunday, May 19th, 2013, 8:57pm

According to MidAmerican Energy, thousands were without power before 9 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, 2013. By 10:10 p.m. many homes had power restored.

On the Illinois side of the river, about 700 in Coal Valley, less than 300 in Henry County, almost 100 in Moline, and about 250 people in Rock Island County are without power.

On the Iowa side, power outages in Davenport are down to about 45 from 1800 earlier in the evening.

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News 8 viewers storm-spotting

Submitted by WQAD Web Staff

Sunday, May 19th, 2013, 6:00pm

A whirl of severe weather moved generally north along the Mississippi River on Sunday, May 19, 2013. News 8 viewers kept us posted with what was going on outside their windows.

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Lightning Over Davenport, taken at 7:30pm. 5-19-2013

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Tornado watch issued for Quad City area counties

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Sunday, May 19th, 2013, 3:54pm

Updated on May 19 at 5:09 p.m.- A News 8 viewer in Burlington, Iowa reported a thunderstorm and dime-sized hail that started around 5 p.m.

Original story published at 3:55 p.m. on May 19, 2013- According to StormTrack 8, a tornado watch has been issued for some Quad City area counties.

Illinois: Hancock, Henderson, Mercer, Rock Island.

Iowa: Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Henry, Jackson, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren, Washington,

The watch is in effect until 10 p.m. Sunday, May 20.

StormTrack 8 also is forecasting a potential for showers and thunderstorms later in the day that have the potential to bring strong winds and hail.

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Quad Cities drivers seeing a spike in gas prices

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Friday, May 17th, 2013, 10:29am

As Memorial Day approaches, drivers are seeing a spike in gas prices.

Gas prices are rising because two large refineries near Chicago have been shut down for maintenance. It is expected they will be back up and running after Memorial Day, according to a report by the Times-Republican.

According to AAA, Iowa drivers are paying about $3.67 per gallon of regular gas.

The average for Illinois drivers is $3.99 per gallon.

The national average is $3.61.

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First Day of the IAHSAA Track & Field State Meet

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Friday, May 17th, 2013, 1:35am

Iowa high schools met at Drake University in Des Moines for day one of the IAHSAA state track meet.

According to IAHSAA’s results website, Pleasant Valley senior, Chloe Miller took third place in the Class 4A discus. Miller threw 41.51-meters.

Freshman, Kelli DeGeorge from Pleasant Valley won the Class 4A high jump clearing 5-feet, 4-inches.

The Class 4A girls’ 4×100-meter relay took second place, about 4-seconds behind the first place team from Waukee.

Quad City area girls took over the Class 4A 400 meter dash. From Davenport North, senior Alisha Jones took first with a time of 55.90 seconds. Sophomore Kaley Ciluffo from Pleasant Valley, senior Mahnee Watts from Bettendorf, and Larkin Chapman from Muscatine took second, third, and fourth respectively.

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