Flash Flood Watch 7, NWS Quad Cities, IA

Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jackson County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Jones County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Bureau County, IL, Carroll County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jo Daviess County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Rock Island County, IL, Stephenson County, IL, Warren County, IL, Whiteside County, IL, Clark County, MO, Scotland County, MO

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1245 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2007

.UPDATE...
CURRENT CONVECTION HAS EVOLVED INTO A QUASI-MCS AND IS BEING DRIVEN
BY A COMBINATION WEAK SHORTWAVE/VORT MAX ALOFT. SAID CONVECTION
SHOULD BE EXITING THE AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. AS A RESULT HAVE
LOWERED MAX TEMPS/POPS SOMEWHAT FOR THE AFTERNOON.

15Z RUC SHOWS MOISTURE/SPEED CONVERGENCE TO DEVELOP ACROSS IOWA
DURING THE AFTERNOON. SATELLITE TRENDS ARE STARTING TO SHOW MORE CU
DEVELOPMENT AND RADAR TRENDS ARE PICKING UP A FEW NEW SHRA/TSRA.
EXPECT DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND LIKELY
RIGHT OVER THE CWFA. NEW 12Z MODELS STILL HAVING SOME PROBLEMS
REGARDING MCS DEVELOPMENT/FRONTAL PLACEMENTS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON/TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN OVER PART OF THE CWFA IS A GIVEN
TONIGHT. PLACEMENT IS THE KEY.       ...08...

./PREVIOUS DISCUSSION/...
.SYNOPSIS...
AT 2 AM...GENESIS OF CONVECTION BREAKING OUT PAST FEW HOURS OVER
CENTRAL IA AND NW INTO NORTH PLAINS AND CANADA AS LEAD SERIES OF
NW UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES DIVE SE TOWARDS AREA.  SURFACE LOW IN
SOUTH DAKOTA AND PRESSURE FALLS SUPPORT CONVECTION TO MOVE INTO
FORECAST AREA TODAY WITH LOBE OF 60 TO 65+F DEWPOINTS POOLING NW
INTO MISSOURI RIVER VALLEY SUPPORTING FUEL FOR CONVECTION. RADAR
TRENDS SUGGEST SOME CONVECTION TO ARRIVE BY 8 AM WEST SECTIONS AND
NEXT UPPER LEVEL WAVE TO ARRIVE TO FIRE OR REFIRE CONVECTION OVER
NW SECTIONS OF CWFA BY DUSK.  NGM/ECMWF/UKMET QPF FIELDS BETTER
AGAIN THAN GFS/NAM-WRF AS HAS BEEN CASE RECENTLY AND THEIR FORCING
USED IN FIRST 24 HOURS OF FORECAST.  LATEST 06Z NAM-WRF THOUGH DOES
COME MUCH CLOSER TO UKMET/ECMWF/NGM SOLUTIONS.

&&

.SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT...PER ABOVE RATIONALE...HAVE UPPED
POPS BUT OTHERWISE CURRENT FORECAST CLOSE TO ON TRACK.  MAX TEMPS
WITH CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION AND PERSISTENCE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE
LOWERED MANY AREAS A COUPLE OF DEGREES.  POSSIBLE LATE PM IF GET
ENOUGH HEATING WITH TEMPS INTO UPPER 80S AND UPPER 60 DEWPOINTS THAT
SOME MARGINALLY SEVERE STORMS COULD FIRE WEST OF MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TIL MID EVENING. MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE FAVORABLE HEAVY RAIN
SETUP TONIGHT WITH MCS AND POSSIBLE BACK-BUILDING WITH PWS OF GT
1.75.  AGREE WITH HPC OF AREAS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER LOCAL TECHNIQUES
WITH ISOLATED 3 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE BUT APPEARS HIGHEST RISK OF
HEAVY RAINS IS SW 2/3 TO 3/4 OF AREA BASED ON 850 THETA-E ADVECTION
AND WAA TOOL APPLIED TO UKMET AND ECMWF GUIDANCE.  HAVE ADDED HEAVY
RAIN VERBIAGE TO FORECAST AND PASS CONCERN FOR DAY SHIFT TO EVALUATE
POTENTIAL FOR WATCH BUT ATTM BELIEVE AREA CAN TAKE RAINS INTO TUESDAY
AM...BUT AFTER THAT WE WILL HAVE LIMITED ABILITY TO TAKE ANY MORE
RAIN.  SEVERE STORM ALGORITHMS STILL SUGGEST POTENTIAL FOR PENNY TO
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS OF 35 TO 50 MPH IN STRONGEST STORMS
WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH BUT ANY SEVERE WEATHER W/R/T
INTENSITY AND COVERAGE SHOULD BE LIMITED.     ..NICHOLS..

.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY...
SUITE OF LATEST MODEL RUNS CONTINUE TO SUGGEST CONVECTIVELY ACTIVE
WEEK AHEAD WITH WATER TROUBLE FOR PORTIONS OF THE FCST AREA...AS
MAIN LLVL BAROCLINICITY CONTINUES TO UNDULATE SOMEWHERE FROM THE
DAKOTAS...DOWN THROUGH THE SOUTHERN GRT LKS UNDER CONTINUING
NORTHWEST CYCLONIC FLOW PATTERN. THE DIFFICULTIES REMAIN WITH THE
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MODELS ON HOW FAR NORTH OR SOUTH THE MAIN
THERMAL RIBBON GETS ORIENTED AND STRENGTH AND PLACEMENT OF SHORT
WAVES RIPPLING THROUGH THE UPPER FLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS. MUCH WILL DEPEND ON WHAT HAPPENS MON NIGHT AND
HOW FAR SOUTH MAIN BOUNDARY GETS SHOVED SOUTH BY CONVECTION...AS WELL
AS OTHER OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND DISCONTINUITIES LITTERING THE DVN
CWA. THE 00Z GFS AND ESPECIALLY THE UKMET EVOLVE MAIN LLVL BOUNDARY
FAR ENOUGH NORTH FOR MAIN STORM COMPLEX TO DEVELOP AND PROPAGATE
MAINLY NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE FCST AREA TUE AFTERNOON AND
NIGHT...ALLOWING BUILDING HEAT DOME TO ENGULF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE
CWA WITH MID 90 DEGREE HEAT AND HIGH HUMIDITIES. THE CRAZY NAM NOW IS
FURTHEST SOUTH BY STALLING THE BOUNDARY ALONG THE I80 CORRIDOR/AS
OPPOSED TO BLOWING IT THROUGH AND UNREALISTICALLY WELL SOUTH OF THE
FCST AREA LIKE ON PREVIOUS RUNS/ ON TUE AND LIGHTS UP THE HEART OF
THE AREA WITH AN AFTERNOON MCS. PREFER THE MORE CONSISTENT ECMWF WITH
THE NEW 00Z RUN HANGING BOUNDARY UP ACRS THE NORTHERN THIRD WITH
BACKING LLVL FLOW INTO THIS AND OTHER TYPE BOUNDARIES FOR A
CONVERGENT AND BACK-BUILDING TYPE SCENARIO TUE INTO TUE NIGHT. WITH
MANY HEAVY RAIN SIGNALS WITH THIS RICH THTA-E MOISTURE FEED IMPINGING
ON THE BOUNDARIES SUCH AS PW/S OVER 1.6 INCHES AND MID TEEN C H85 MB
DPTS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH LIKELY NEEDED FOR THE NORTH HALF OF THE DVN
CWA FOR TUE INTO WED...IF ONE NOT ALREADY ISSUED. TEMP FCST TRICKY
FOR TUE WITH BIG GRADIENT FROM NORTHEAST-TO-SOUTHWEST...DEPENDING OF
COURSE ON EVENTUAL BOUNDARY PLACEMENT AND CONVECTIVE DEBRIS. COULD BE
UPPER 70S IN NORTHEAST...AND LOW TO MID 90S IN THE FAR
SOUTH/SOUTHWEST BY LATE TUE AFTERNOON.

ON WED..ACCEPTED EUROPEAN MODELS TREND THE MAIN THERMAL RIBBON
SLIGHTLY FURTHER NORTH...BUT SUGGEST LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING MCS
INITIATION/ALTHOUGH BY A WEAKER VORT AND MARGINAL LLVL CONVERGENCE/
SOMEWHERE OVER SOUTHWEST MN INTO NORTH CENTRAL IA. STEERING FLOW
AND BAROCLINICITY WOULD AGAIN PROPAGATE SOME OF THIS ACTIVITY ACRS
THE LIKELY ALREADY HARD HIT NORTHERN THIRD TO HALF OF THE FCST AREA
WED NIGHT. LONGER RANGE SIGNALS SUGGEST THIS WED NIGHT ACTIVITY AS
WELL AS MORE FROM GRT LKS BACK DOOR HIGH STARTING TO DUMP DOWN
NORTHERN LK MICHIGAN TO SHUNT MAIN LLVL BOUNDARY ALONG AND JUST
SOUTH OF THE DVN CWA ON THU...WITH THE POTENTIAL OF ANOTHER WAVE
RIPPLING EAST ALONG IT ON SOUTHERN FRINGE OF MAIN STORM TRACK. WITH
THE H85 BOUNDARY GETTING ALIGNED OVER CENTRAL INTO SOUTHERN IA AND
WEST CENTRAL IL...THIS WOULD MAKE THE SOUTH HALF OF THE FCST MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE TO A CONVECTIVE COMPLEX AND WILL BUMP UP POPS TO 30 ACRS
THE SOUTH HALF. SEASONABLY STRONG CANADIAN HIGH PRESSURE STILL
LOOKING ON TARGET TO FINALLY SCOUR OUT THE MESS ON FRIDAY...WITH
EXTENT OF LOWERING THICKNESSES AND INCOMING H85 MB TEMPS SUGGESTING
NEAR RECORD OR POSSIBLY RECORD LOW TEMPS IN THE UPPER 40S TO LOW 50S
SAT MORNING...AND SAT HIGH TEMPS NOT GETTING OUT OF THE 70S.
..12..

&&

.AVIATION...
GENERAL VFR CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT...WITH SCTD TSRA/SHRA
POSSIBLE AFTER 14Z...INCREASING IN COVERAGE THROUGH PERIOD WITH
INTERMITTENT MVFR CONDITIONS AT CID/DBQ/MLI THIS EVENING AFTER 01Z
AND CONTINUING OVERNIGHT IN STRONGEST STORMS WITH CEILINGS 1-3,000
FT AND VISIBILITIES 2 TO 5 MILES.    ..NICHOLS..

&&

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

&&

NICHOLS/12

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
450 AM CDT MON JUL 16 2007

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-171000-
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-
450 AM CDT MON JUL 16 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN APPROACHING WEAK WARM FRONT WILL PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS AND
SHOWERS. HIGH MOISTURE AND FREEZING LEVELS ALONG WITH WEAK WINDS
ALOFT WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CAUSED
BY SLOW MOVING STORMS REDEVELOPING OVER THE SAME AREA. SEASONALLY
MOIST SOILS COMBINED WITH ANY HEAVY RAIN MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED
FLASH FLOODING.

THERE IS ALSO THE RISK OF STRONG TO A FEW SEVERE STORMS THIS
AFTERNOON UNTIL MID EVENING MAINLY WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE
PRIMARY RISK WILL BE STRONG TO LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS OF 40 TO 60
MPH...WITH A SECONDARY RISK OF LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THE REGION IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR
SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LATEST INDICATIONS SUGGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL REFORM ALONG AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 80 BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY
NIGHT...WITH THE ENTIRE AREA EVENTUALLY EXPERIENCING STORMS THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
MORE HEAVY RAIN...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...AS WELL AS
PRODUCING LARGE RISES ON AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. A FEW STORMS MAY
REACH SEVERE LEVELS BY PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING STRAIGHT
LINE WINDS.

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS INCLUDED THE ENTIRE REGION IN A
SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...ADDITIONAL UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL
MOVE ALONG A FRONTAL BOUNDARY WAVERING THROUGH THE REGION...PRODUCING
MORE EPISODES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. THE POTENTIAL CONTINUES
FOR MORE HEAVY RAIN RESULTING IN ADDITIONAL FLOODING...WITH A FEW
STORMS POSSIBLY REACHING SEVERE LEVELS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MAINLY IN IOWA AND MISSOURI...
ESPECIALLY BETWEEN 3 AND 10 PM.

NICHOLS/12

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
601 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2007

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

0556 PM     HAIL             6 NNE WASHINGTON        41.38N 91.65W
07/16/2007  E0.88 INCH       WASHINGTON         IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TIME UNKNOWN

0556 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 NNE WASHINGTON        41.38N 91.65W
07/16/2007                   WASHINGTON         IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TREE DAMAGED

0557 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KALONA                  41.49N 91.70W
07/16/2007                   WASHINGTON         IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            CORN FLATTENED NEAR KALONA NEAR HWY 22

0557 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KALONA                  41.49N 91.70W
07/16/2007                   WASHINGTON         IA   BROADCAST MEDIA

            FARM BUILDINGS DAMAGED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY
            22 AND HIGHWAY 1

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
613 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2007

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

0605 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NW RICHLAND           41.23N 92.05W
07/16/2007  E45 MPH          KEOKUK             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0606 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 E KALONA              41.49N 91.64W
07/16/2007                   WASHINGTON         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CORN DAMAGED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS BETWEEN KALONA AND
            RIVERSIDE.

0539 PM     TSTM WND DMG     KALONA                  41.49N 91.70W
07/16/2007                   WASHINGTON         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BRANCHES DOWN AND PONDING OF WATER ON CITY STREETS

0549 PM     HAIL             WASHINGTON              41.30N 91.69W
07/16/2007  E0.88 INCH       WASHINGTON         IA   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
615 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2007

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

0609 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WASHINGTON              41.30N 91.69W
07/16/2007                   WASHINGTON         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POWER IS OUT IN TOWN AND DITCHES ARE FULL OF RAINWATER

&&

TAS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
624 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2007

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

0600 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WASHINGTON              41.30N 91.69W
07/16/2007                   WASHINGTON         IA   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            POSSIBLE TORNADO - AUTO DEALERSHIP DAMAGED, TREES
            DOWN,POWER OUT IN NUMEROUS AREAS ACROSS COUNTY, WINDMILL
            DOWN.

&&

TAS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
649 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2007

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

0644 PM     HAIL             3 NE FAIRFIELD          41.04N 91.93W
07/16/2007  M0.88 INCH       JEFFERSON          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PENNY AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL AT JUNCTION OF PLEASANT PLAIN
            AND OLIVE.

&&

ELLIOTT

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
655 PM CDT MON JUL 16 2007

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

0555 PM     HAIL             N BRIGHTON              41.17N 91.82W
07/16/2007  E1.75 INCH       WASHINGTON         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            GOLF BALL SIZE AND LARGER

0643 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WASHINGTON              41.30N 91.69W
07/16/2007                   WASHINGTON         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DAMAGE OCCURRED EARLIER -TREES DOWN, BARN DOWN AT
            FAIRGROUNDS, BUILDINGS DAMAGED EAST OF TOWN

0643 PM     FLASH FLOOD      WASHINGTON              41.30N 91.69W
07/16/2007                   WASHINGTON         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FLOODED ROADWAYS IN TOWN

&&

TAS