Alert archive / Iowa / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2002, 3:50 AM CDT for Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri; Des Moines County, Lee County, Van Buren County, Iowa. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2002, 3:50 AM CDT (08:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2002, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Des Moines County, IA, Lee County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 124 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1544 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KDVN 130850
FFWMLI
IAC057-111-177-MOC045-199-131300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
339 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR...
* CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI
DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA
* UNTIL 8 AM CDT
* AT 345 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND
SHORT-TERM FORECASTS INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL END BY DAWN
ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. HOWEVER...FLASH
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THE MORNING COMMUTE...AS WATER PONDS ON
ROADWAYS...CONTINUES TO FLOOD LOW-LYING AREAS...AND AFFECTS URBAN
AREAS.
* UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT...WITH THE
HEAVIEST RAINS ACROSS VAN BUREN...LEE...NORTHERN SCOTLAND...NORTHERN
CLARK...AND SOUTHERN DES MOINES COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS
POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.
LAT...LON 4107 9099 4083 9111 4068 9116 4060 9142
4027 9152 4035 9226 4088 9211 4081 9176
4080 9138 4105 9135
REA2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS53 KDVN 131220 FFSMLI IAC057-111-177-MOC045-199-131300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 715 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR... * CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA * UNTIL 8 AM CDT AT 345 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE AND WILL HAMPER THE MORNING COMMUTE. HIGHWAY 34 WAS REPORTED TO STILL BE CLOSED WEST OF BURLINGTON IN DES MOINES COUNTY. NUMEROUS COUNTRY AND BACKROADS WERE REPORTED WASHED OUT OR STILL WATER COVERED IN ALL THE WARNED COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A SWATH OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM JUST SOUTH OF KEOSAUQUA...TO SOUTH BURLINGTON WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING. THURSDAY MORNING MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER STILL COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES. $$ JDH NNNN
000 WGUS53 KDVN 131224 CCA FFSMLI IAC057-111-177-MOC045-199-131300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED RADAR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 720 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR... * CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA * UNTIL 8 AM CDT AT 715 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAD EXITED THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...SPOTTERS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE AND WILL HAMPER THE MORNING COMMUTE. HIGHWAY 34 WAS REPORTED TO STILL BE CLOSED WEST OF BURLINGTON IN DES MOINES COUNTY. NUMEROUS COUNTRY AND BACKROADS WERE REPORTED WASHED OUT OR STILL WATER COVERED IN ALL THE WARNED COUNTIES. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A SWATH OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM JUST SOUTH OF KEOSAUQUA...TO SOUTH BURLINGTON WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING. THURSDAY MORNING MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER STILL COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES. $$ JDH NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clark, Scotland | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 2:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Scotland | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Washington | 22 min |
| Jun 12, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 10:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines | 5 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2002Flash Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.