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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 10 hr. 10 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 2004, 10:15 PM CDT (03:15 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2004, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1:55 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Cedar Rapids, IA | 4 TO 5 INCHES OF WATER IN THE STREETS. |
| May 23, 2:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Independence, IA | ROADS FLOODED AND WASHED OUT. |
| May 23, 2:30 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Edgewood, IA | ROADS DAMAGED FROM FLOOD WATERS. |
| May 23, 2:46 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.37 | Edgewood, IA | 2.37 INCHES OF RAIN IN 45 MINUTES. |
| May 23, 3:15 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | W Edgewood, IA | WATER OVER HIGHWAY 3 |
| May 23, 4:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Independence, IA | EVACUATION OF RESIDENTS ALONG MALONE CREEK IN INDEPENDENCE IS UNDERWAY |
| May 23, 5:25 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Manchester, IA | WIDE SPREAD REPORTS OF ROADS WASHED OUT IN WESTERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. |
| May 23, 5:25 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Masonville, IA | HOUSES SURROUNDED BY HIGH WATER...PEOPLE TRAPPED ON UPPER FLOOR. |
| May 23, 7:01 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Backbone State Park, IA | EVACUATING CAMPERS FROM PARK. |
| May 23, 7:01 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Manchester, IA | SANDBAGGING HAS BEGUN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 334 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
- 1518 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KDVN 230315
FFWDVN
IAC011-019-055-061-105-113-231200-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1015 PM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA
JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
* UNTIL 800 AM CDT
* AT 1015 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM VINTON TO NORTH OF CEDAR RAPIDS TO DUBUQUE.
RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT...AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE
ACROSS NORTHEAST IOWA...ALONG A SLOWLY MOVING WARM FRONT. AN ADDITIONAL
1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...AND
JONES COUNTIES.
FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WAPSIPINICON...MAQUOKETA
...AND CEDAR RIVERS.
MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION TONIGHT. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH
WATER THAT IS COVERING ROADWAYS. PEOPLE LIVING ON STREAMS SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR RISING WATER.
LAT...LON 4263 9204 4228 9205 4228 9231 4189 9227
4191 9144 4196 9143 4198 9095 4231 9094
4234 9071 4242 9073 4241 9060 4268 9079
$$
REA5 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KDVN 230634 FFSDVN IAC011-019-055-061-105-113-231300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 125 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 8 AM CDT FOR DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA... BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... AT 120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING COUNTIES OF BUCHANAN...DELAWARE...AND BENTON. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG STORMS PUSHING OUT OF CENTRAL IOWA WILL ALSO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 5 AM WITH OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN...AGGRAVATING ANY ONGOING FLOODING SITUATIONS OR CREATING NEW ONES. NUMEROUS CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE WARNED COUNTIES...AS WELL AS NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SUBSTANTIAL WATER STANDING OVER ROADS AND IN DRAINAGE DITCHES. AT 1030 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS IN THE DUBUQUE AREA WERE WASHED OUT. AT 1240 AM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 3.75 INCHES OF RAIN FROM 1045 PM TO 130 AM IN STANLEY IN NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY. PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG BUFFALO...BUCK...OTTER...NORTH FORK MAQUOKETA...PLEASANT...AND SILVER CREEKS WILL WANT TO MONITOR FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. ALSO FLOODING WILL BE OCCURRING ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE WAPSIPINICON RIVER IN BUCHANAN AND LINN COUNTIES. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION. THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WITH FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY OR THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. $$ 12
000 WGUS73 KDVN 230637 FFSDVN IAC011-019-055-061-105-113-231300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 130 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 8 AM CDT FOR DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA... BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... AT 120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING COUNTIES OF BUCHANAN...DELAWARE...AND BENTON. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG STORMS PUSHING OUT OF CENTRAL IOWA WILL ALSO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 5 AM WITH OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF HEAVY RAIN...AGGRAVATING ANY ONGOING FLOODING SITUATIONS OR CREATING NEW ONES. NUMEROUS CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE WARNED COUNTIES...AS WELL AS NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SUBSTANTIAL WATER STANDING OVER ROADS AND IN DRAINAGE DITCHES. AT 1030 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS IN THE DUBUQUE AREA WERE WASHED OUT. AT 130 AM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 3.75 INCHES OF RAIN FROM 1045 PM TO 130 AM IN STANLEY IN NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY. PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG BUFFALO...BUCK...OTTER...NORTH FORK MAQUOKETA...PLEASANT...AND SILVER CREEKS WILL WANT TO MONITOR FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. ALSO FLOODING WILL BE OCCURRING ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE WAPSIPINICON RIVER IN BUCHANAN AND LINN COUNTIES. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION. THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WITH FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY OR THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. $$ 12
000 WGUS73 KDVN 230759 FFSDVN IAC011-019-055-061-105-113-231300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 258 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 8 AM CDT FOR DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA... BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... AT 250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS JONES AND DUBUQUE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. WIDESPREAD BUT LIGHTER RAIN WILL FOLLOW THESE STRONG STORMS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 7 AM. THIS STRATIFORM RAIN WILL STILL BE ENOUGH TO AGGRAVATE ANY ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS. NUMEROUS CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE WARNED COUNTIES...AS WELL AS NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SUBSTANTIAL WATER STANDING OVER ROADS AND IN DRAINAGE DITCHES. AT 155 AM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON MANY STREETS IN CEDAR RAPIDS. LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS DISCOURAGING ANY TRAVEL OVERNIGHT IN LINN COUNTY DUE TO FLOODED ROADS. AT 215 AM CDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODED ROADS SOUTH OF INDEPENDENCE. AT 230 AM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER IN EDGEWOOD IN FAR NORTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY...REPORTED 2.37 INCHES OF RAIN IN A HALF HOUR FROM 2 TO 230 AM. ROADS DAMAGED FROM THE FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN EDGEWOOD. PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG BUFFALO...BUCK...OTTER...NORTH FORK MAQUOKETA...PLEASANT...AND SILVER CREEKS WILL WANT TO MONITOR FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. ALSO FLOODING WILL BE OCCURRING ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE WAPSIPINICON RIVER IN BUCHANAN AND LINN COUNTIES. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION. THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WITH FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY OR THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. $$ 12
000 WGUS73 KDVN 231003 FFSDVN IAC011-019-055-061-105-113-ILC085-231300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 5 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 8 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA...DUBUQUE...DELAWARE... BUCHANAN...JONES...BENTON AND LINN... ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM FOR JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS... AT 5 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAIN ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WITH A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN JO DAVIESS AND STEPHENSON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. NUMEROUS CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN THE WARNED COUNTIES...AS WELL AS NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SUBSTANTIAL WATER STANDING OVER ROADS AND IN DRAINAGE DITCHES. AT 4 AM CDT...THE BUCHANAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THE RESIDENTS ALONG MALONE CREEK IN THE TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE WERE BEING EVACUATED DUE TO RISING WATERS. BRIDGES WERE REPORTED OUT IN PARTS OF THE COUNTY. THE TOWN OF LAMONT HAS BEEN EVACUATED DUE TO RISING WATER ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE MAQUOKETA RIVER. AT 450 AM CDT...STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN GALENA IN JO DAVIESS COUNTY. IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG BUFFALO...BUCK...OTTER...PLEASANT...AND SILVER CREEKS...AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF THE MAQUOKETA RIVER...BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. FLOODING WILL BE OCCURRING ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF THE WAPSIPINICON RIVER IN BUCHANAN AND LINN COUNTIES. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION. THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WITH FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY OR THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. $$ WOLF
000 WGUS73 KDVN 231225 FFSDVN IAC011-019-055-061-105-113-231300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 725 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRES AT 8 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA...DUBUQUE...JONES...AND LINN... ...A FLOOD WARNING WILL BE EXTENDED FOR BENTON...BUCHANAN AND DELAWARE COUNTIES... THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 AM FOR DUBUQUE...JONES AND LINN COUNTIES...BUT WILL BE EXTENDED FOR BENTON...BUCHANAN AND DELAWARE COUNTIES. RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND FLOOD WATERS ARE SUBSIDING IN DUBUQUE...JONES AND LINN COUNTIES. NO WATER RELATED PROBLEMS ARE EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING...HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD CAUSE MORE WATER-RELATED PROBLEMS IN ADDITION TO SEVERE WEATHER. STAY TUNED TO THE MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION TODAY. FLOOD WATERS HAVE NOT YET SUBSIDED IN BENTON...BUCHANAN AND DELAWARE COUNTIES. THUS A FLOOD WARNING WILL BE EXTENED FOR THESE AREAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON. $$ WOLF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 39 min |
| May 22, 10:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 43 min |
| May 22, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Jackson | 50 min |
| May 22, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 39 min |
| May 23, 1:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa | 59 min |
| May 23, 1:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Johnson, Linn | 51 min |
| May 23, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Jones | 52 min |
| May 23, 3:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee | 59 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.