Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Quad Cities, IA

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WGUS73 KDVN 312335
FFSDVN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
635 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

IAC011-019-010000-
BUCHANAN IA-BENTON IA-
623 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR
BENTON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES...

AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
LARGE AREA OF RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF BENTON AND BUCHANAN 
COUNTIES. AT 430 PM...FLOODED DITCHES AND ROADS WERE REPORTED 5 
MILES WEST OF URBANA. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 
A STRIP OF HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES...HAD 
FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY AND EASTERN BENTON COUNTY. 

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION...AND RAIN 
WILL END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN 630 PM AND 730 PM. ADDITIONAL 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH BEFORE THE 
RAIN EXITS THE AREA. 

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINTHROP...
ROWLEY...QUASQUETON...LAMONT...JESUP...INDEPENDENCE...HAZLETON...AND 
FAIRBANK. 

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...COUNTY ROADS...AND LOW LYING
FARMLAND IS LIKELY.

DO NOT ALLOW KIDS TO PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOODED AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES...
CULVERTS AND LOW LYING AREAS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS EVENING
FOR EASTERN IOWA.

LAT...LON 4187 9226 4188 9186 4231 9185 4232 9165
      4260 9161 4265 9206

$$

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WGUS73 KDVN 010006
FFSDVN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
704 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

IAC011-019-010014-
BUCHANAN IA-BENTON IA-
704 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR BENTON AND BUCHANAN
COUNTIES...

THE RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED NORTH OUT OF THE AREA ENDING
THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT FOR THIS EVENING.  

LAT...LON 4187 9226 4188 9186 4231 9185 4232 9165
      4260 9161 4265 9206

$$

DLF

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
314 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
STRONG SURFACE LOW WAS JUST WEST OF OMA AT 19Z WITH WARM FRONT
EXTENDING EAST ROUGHLY ALONG I-80. SOUTH OF THIS BOUNDARY...
TEMPERATURES HAD RISEN INTO LOWER 70S IN DVN CWA WITH DEWPOINTS IN
60S. TO NORTH...TEMPS WERE IN UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S WITH BRISK E-SE
WINDS. WV IMAGERY INDICATED UPPER LEVEL LOW JUST S-SW OF SURFACE
POSITION IN SW NEB WITH STRONG DRY PUNCH AND 90 KT UPPER JET LIFTING
OUT OF CENTRAL PLAINS. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR
THE CYCLONE AND IN WARM SECTOR TO ITS SE WITH FEW WEAKER SHOWERS
ALONG ELEVATED WARM FRONT TO NORTH INTO SE WI.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...
WITH SEVERE WEATHER ON-GOING AND TORNADO WATCH IN PLACE...LIMITED
DISCUSSION THIS AFTERNOON. BEST SHORT TERM SEVERE POTENTIAL TO BE
GREATEST WEST OF HIGHWAY 218 THROUGH LATE AFTERNOON WITH TORNADIC
POTENTIAL AT THIS TIME LOOKING GREATEST ALONG WARM FRONT WEST OF
IOWA CITY TO CEDAR RAPIDS LINE. IN THIS AREA...BREAKS OF SUNSHINE
HAVE MAXIMIZED LOW LEVEL INSTABILITY. ALSO STORM RELATIVE HELICITY
AND LOW LEVEL CONVERGENT FLOW STRONGEST AT THIS TIME. SEVERE RISK
PHASES TO MORE LINEAR MODE AS NORTH TO SOUTH COLD FRONT ACROSS
WESTERN MO LIFTS NORTHEAST UNDER UPPER DRY SLOT FOR SEVERE WIND
POTENTIAL ALONG MS RIVER AND EASTWARD INTO EVENING. STRONG WINDS AT
SURFACE NOTED BEHIND THE COLD FRONT TO CONTINUE ACROSS CWA TONIGHT
WITH POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF GUSTS OVER 40 MPH THIS EVENING.

SUNDAY...SURFACE LOW LIFTS INTO NORTHERN WI...LEAVING COOLER SHOWERY
WEATHER WITH BRISK WINDS ACROSS CWA. TEMPERATURES KEPT AT LOW END OF
GUIDANCE WITH 50S NORTH TO AROUND 60 SOUTH.

.LONG TERM...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY....
TEMPERATURES TO RECOVER BRIEFLY EARLY IN WEEK...THEN PATTERN SHIFT
TO BRING RETURN OF MORE EARLY TYPICAL SPRINGLIKE TEMPERATURES AND
EVEN POTENTIAL FOR A FEW SNOWFLAKES MID WEEK. PATTERN SHIFT TO OCCUR
AS DEEPENING UPPER LOW PASSES NORTH INTO GREAT LAKES WED AMPLIFIES
UPPER PATTERN TO NW FLOW LATE WEEK WITH H8 TEMPERATURES PLUNGING TO
BELOW 10 DEG C MID WEEK. NO SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO FORECAST WITH
DECENT CONTINUITY AND AGREEMENT IN MEDIUM RANGE MODELS. DAY
7...SATURDAY BROUGHT IN DRY FOR NOW...BUT PRECIP MAY NEED TO BE
ADDED AS 12Z RUNS NOW SUGGESTING UPPER LOW AND SURFACE COLD FRONT
DIVING SE OUT OF CANADA AFTERNOON INTO SAT NIGHT.

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...NONE.
IL...NONE.
MO...NONE.

&&

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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1056 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-011100-
BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-
CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-
HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-
JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA-JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-
MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL-MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-
SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA-STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-
WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL-
1056 AM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...EAST
CENTRAL IOWA...NORTHEAST IOWA...SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST
MISSOURI.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING.  THE GREATEST SEVERE WEATHER
RISK WILL BE SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MACOMB THROUGH BURLINGTON AND
MONTICELLO TO MANCHESTER THIS AFTERNOON. IN THIS AREA CONDITIONS WILL
BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND
ISOLATED TORNADOES.  NORTHEAST OF THIS AREA THERE WILL BE A RISK OF
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS DURING THE EVENING
HOURS.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OR INTENSIFY AHEAD
OF A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVING NORTH THROUGH EASTERN NEBRASKA AND
WESTERN IOWA THE REST OF TODAY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE
NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.
THE EXTENT OF THE SEVERE WEATHER PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS WILL DEPEND
ON HOW MUCH TEMPERATURES CAN WARM EAST OF THE STORM SYSTEM ACROSS
NORTHERN MISSOURI CENTRAL AND EASTERN IOWA. AT THIS POINT IT APPEARS
THAT THERE WILL BE SOME BREAKS IN THE CLOUDS TO ALLOW SUFFICIENT
WARMING FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE WEATHER...THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WHICH COULD AGGRAVATE ANY ONGOING RIVER FLOODING
OR CAUSE SOME MINOR URBAN OR SMALL STREAM FLOODING. FOR INFORMATION
ON CURRENT AND EXPECTED RIVER CONDITIONS SEE THE LATEST RIVER
AND FLOOD STATEMENTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PRODUCE EPISODES
OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS.  CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE SOME OF THE
STRONGEST STORMS MAY APPROACH OR BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY RISK
LARGE HAIL. INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS SHOULD MONITOR THIS PRODUCT FOR
FURTHER UPDATES ON THE RISK AND LOCATION OF ANY HAZARDOUS AND SEVERE
WEATHER FOR THIS EVENT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

08/NICHOLS/DLF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
343 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0340 PM     HAIL             LADORA                  41.76N 92.19W
03/31/2007  E0.25 INCH       IOWA               IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT RELAYED REPORT OF PEA SIZE HAIL IN
            LADORA. SPOTTER LSO REPORTED A WALL CLOUD SOUTH OF
            LADORA.

&&

MIKEZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
345 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 PM     HAIL             MILLERSBURG             41.57N 92.16W
03/31/2007  E1.00 INCH       IOWA               IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT RELAYED REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL
            IN MILLERSBURG.

&&

MIKEZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
346 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0343 PM     HAIL             FAIRFIELD               41.01N 91.97W
03/31/2007  M0.25 INCH       JEFFERSON          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PEA SIZE HAIL JUST ENDED. LASTED 4 MINUTES.

&&

JH2

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
352 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

MOZ010-312300-
CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITY OF...KAHOKA
352 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO CLARK COUNTY MISSOURI...

AT 350 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS CLARK COUNTY THROUGH 430
PM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...SMALL
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH.

STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

WOLF

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
352 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0349 PM     HAIL             MARENGO                 41.80N 92.07W
03/31/2007  E0.88 INCH       IOWA               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ALSO REPORTED ESTIMATED 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS.

&&

MIKEZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
357 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0355 PM     HAIL             MARENGO                 41.80N 92.07W
03/31/2007  M0.25 INCH       IOWA               IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            OBSERVER ALSO REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.

&&

MIKEZ