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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2004, 8:28 PM CDT for Benton County, Buchanan County, Iowa. It was in force for 9 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
- May 24, 2004, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2004, 5:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 318 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 355 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS53 KDVN 250130
FFWDVN
IAC011-019-251000-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
828 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA
* UNTIL 5 AM CDT
* AT 825 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS BUCHANAN
AND BENTON COUNTIES. APPROXIMATELY 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR IN THE VICINITY OF THUNDERSTORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
VINTON...VAN HORNE...URBANA... STANLEY...SHELLSBURG...
NORWAY...NEWHALL... LAMONT... INDEPENDENCE...HAZLETON...
BRANDON...BLAIRSTOWN...BELLE PLAINE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AROUND AN INCH IS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...WITH
LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN THUNDERSTORMS.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.
LAT...LON 4188 9228 4188 9186 4231 9187 4230 9162
4263 9163 4264 9205 4229 9205 4229 9229
$$
REA2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS73 KDVN 250608 FFSDVN IAC011-019-251000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 108 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BUT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA... AT 1 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN BENTON COUNTY AVERAGED LESS THAN 1 INCH...SO THE THREAT OF FLOODING THERE IS MINIMAL. RAINFALL AMOUNTS REPORTED BY THE BUCHANAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER AVERAGED BETWEEN THREE-FOURTHS AND ONE AND ONE-QUARTER INCHES. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES THERE. THE WAPSIPINCON RIVER HAS ALREADY STARTED TO RISE IN RESPONSE TO THESE RAINS. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING TONIGHT...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS BECAUSE IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY OR THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. $$ WOLF
000 WGUS73 KDVN 250949 FFSDVN IAC019-251045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 447 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM CDT FOR...BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THE RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING ANY FLOOD THREAT. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS MAY STILL BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. DLF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Lee | 62 min |
| May 24, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 54 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.