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River Flood Advisory 41, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 17, 2007Clinton County, Scott County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood advisory at Oct 17, 2007, 10:41 AM CDT for Clinton County, Scott County, Iowa. It was in force for 16 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 17, 2007, 10:41 AM CDT (15:41 UTC)
Expired
Nov 2, 2007, 9:06 AM CDT
In force
16 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Clinton County, IA, Scott County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Quad Cities, IA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood advisory went out at Oct 17, 7:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 17, 7:29 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 17, 5:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
500 AM CDT WED OCT 17 2007

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-181000-
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-
500 AM CDT WED OCT 17 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

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER IS FORECASTING A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
STORMS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD OVER THE  ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA FROM
SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS
AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES TOWARD THE REGION. STRONG WINDS GUSTS
UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT...ALONG WITH AREAS OF HEAVY
RAINFALL.  THE HEAVIEST RAINS...OVER 1 INCH...ARE EXPECTED TO FALL
OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA...BUT ARE POSSIBLE IN ANY LOCATION.
LATE TONIGHT...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF THE AREA...WITH THE PRIMARY THREAT BEING LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS ON
THURSDAY FOR AREAS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI. WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS. EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND
SPOTTERS SHOULD LISTEN TO LATER FORECASTS REGARDING THIS THREAT.

WINDY CONDITIONS ALONG WITH A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED
DURING THE DAY ON THURSDAY. BRISK WINDS ARE STILL EXPECTED THURSDAY
NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.

SIGNIFICANT RISES ON AREA RIVERS ARE EXPECTED BY NEXT WEEKEND DUE
TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN ACROSS IOWA. POTENTIAL RIVERS THAT MAY BE
AFFECTED ARE THE CEDAR...IOWA...WAPSIPINICON...SKUNK...AND DES MOINES
RIVERS.

LOOKING FURTHER OUT...ANOTHER FALL STORM SYSTEM COULD POTENTIALLY
AFFECT THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MIGHT BE NEEDED THIS EVENING OR LATE TONIGHT.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 17, 3:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNKeokuk38 hr

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.