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River Flood Advisory 49, NWS Quad Cities, IA

October 18, 2007Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood advisory at Oct 18, 2007, 6:54 AM CDT for Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri. It took effect at Oct 18, 2007, 11:17 PM CDT. It was in force for 34 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 18, 2007, 6:54 AM CDT (11:54 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 18, 2007, 11:17 PM CDT
Expired: Oct 20, 2007, 9:43 AM CDT
In force: 34 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA

Counties Lee County, IA, Clark County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 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 18, 5:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 18, 5:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 18, 5:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
500 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-191000-
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 THU OCT 18 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 HAS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS FOR
TODAY.

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY BY LATE MORNING. A COUPLE OF STORMS MAY BECOME
SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS.

TONIGHT...BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG WITH
SCATTERED SHOWERS.

SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING ARE OCCURRING ON AREA
RIVERS DUE TO THE RECENT HEAVY RAIN ACROSS IOWA. REFER TO LOCAL
HYDROLOGIC PRODUCTS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE AREA ON FRIDAY. THERE IS
THE POSSIBILITY THAT A WIND ADVISORY MAY BE NEEDED FOR FRIDAY.

FLOODING WILL BE SEEN ON SOME AREA RIVERS THIS WEEKEND DUE TO THE
RECENT HEAVY RAIN ACROSS IOWA. RIVERS THAT WILL LIKELY BE AFFECTED
ARE THE CEDAR...ENGLISH...IOWA...WAPSIPINICON...NORTH SKUNK...AND
SKUNK RIVERS.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 18, 2:34 AM CDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
234 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

IAZ051-052-063-064-076-077-180840-
BENTON IA-LINN IA-IOWA IA-JOHNSON IA-WASHINGTON IA-KEOKUK IA-
234 AM CDT THU OCT 18 2007

...MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE ON AREA CREEKS...

HEAVY RAIN WILL END QUICKLY THROUGH 3 AM...BUT RECENT RUN OFF
COMBINED WITH WET SOILS HAS ALLOWED AREA CREEKS...INCLUDING CLEAR
CREEK IN JOHNSON COUNTY...TO RISE TO BANK FULL OR SEE MINOR
FLOODING.  IN ADDITION...URBAN RAINFALL RUN OFF IN THE LAST HOUR MAY
CAUSE MINOR STREET FLOODING UNTIL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS CATCH UP.  WHILE
FLASH FLOODING HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED...AND RAINFALL IS DECREASING BE
AWARE THAT YOU MAY ENCOUNTER MINOR FLOODING WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH
4 AM THIS MORNING. DO NOT CROSS A FLOODED ROADWAY.

ERVIN

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 18, 4:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Jones, Linn	8 hr
Oct 18, 4:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	8 days
Oct 18, 4:08 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Johnson, Washington	38 hr
Oct 18, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Johnson, Louisa, Washington	25 hr
Oct 18, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Louisa	53 hr
Oct 18, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Louisa	5 days
Oct 18, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Henry, Jefferson, Washington	53 hr
Oct 18, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Delaware, Jones	7 hr
Oct 18, 5:07 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine	53 hr
Oct 18, 6:54 AM CDT	River Flood Advisory	DVN	Lee, Van Buren	15 hr
Oct 18, 9:46 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Jackson and 5 more	9 hr
Oct 18, 11:48 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Iowa, 2007 River Flood Advisories in Missouri, 2007 Every river flood advisory in 2007

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.