Why is the new NWS office in Davenport and not in Moline?
When the NWS was looking to build the new office with a new Nexrad Doppler Radar they looked at the current site at the Quad Cities Airport in Moline, but if you know the geography of the Quad Cities, you know that the airport sit down in a valley. So the NWS looked to a higher place and found the Mount Joy Airport in northern Davenport as the new site.
