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Flash Flood Watch 21, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood watch at Dec 26, 2008, 10:59 AM CST for 19 counties in Iowa; 13 counties in Illinois; Clark County, Scotland County, Missouri. It took effect at Dec 26, 2008, 6:00 PM CST. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 26, 2008, 10:59 AM CST (16:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 26, 2008, 6:00 PM CST
- Expired
- Dec 27, 2008, 1:17 PM CST
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Flood severity
- None
All 34 counties
Benton County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clinton 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
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 47 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
- 509 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 421 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 574 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS63 KDVN 261659 FFADVN URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1059 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE...DUE TO HEAVY RAIN...ICE JAMS...AND SNOW MELT... .WARM MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION TODAY...WITH SNOW MELTING THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. CURRENTLY...MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS CONTAINS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF WATER IN FORM FORM OF SNOW ON THE GROUND. A GOOD PORTION OF THIS SNOW WATER WILL MELT OFF DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL TOTALS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND ILLINOIS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES...WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. THE MELT WATER AND RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE FLOODING. RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH ICE ON SOME RIVERS...WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING WITH RAPID RISES FROM ICE JAMS IS POSSIBLE. THE ROCK RIVER IS MOST AT RISK FOR ICE JAM FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO SEE FLASH FLOODING WHERE DRAINAGE OF SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL IS SLOWED BY CLOGGED STORM SEWER SYSTEMS FULL OF ICE FROM RECENT STORMS. IAZ054-066>068-078-088-089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018- 024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-270100- /O.NEW.KDVN.FF.A.0021.081227T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1059 AM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BUREAU...CARROLL...HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL... JO DAVIESS...MCDONOUGH...MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND... STEPHENSON...WARREN AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...CLINTON...DES MOINES...HENRY IA...JACKSON...LEE...LOUISA...MUSCATINE...SCOTT AND VAN BUREN. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND. * FROM 6 PM CST THIS EVENING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT MELTING SNOW. RUN OFF FROM THE MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON AREA STREAMS AND ILLINOIS TRIBUTARY RIVERS. ICE JAMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE ROCK RIVER...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. MONITOR FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. $$ ERVIN
6 follow-up statements
000 WGUS63 KDVN 262110 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 310 PM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE...DUE TO HEAVY RAIN...ICE JAMS...AND SNOW MELT... .WARM MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER THE REGION TODAY... WITH SNOW MELTING THROUGH THE DAY SATURDAY. CURRENTLY...MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS CONTAINS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF WATER IN FORM OF SNOW AND ICE ON THE GROUND. A GOOD PORTION OF THIS SNOW WATER WILL MELT OFF DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL TOTALS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND ILLINOIS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES... WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. THE MELT WATER AND RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE FLOODING. RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH ICE ON SOME RIVERS...WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING WITH RAPID RISES FROM ICE JAMS IS POSSIBLE. THE ROCK RIVER IS MOST AT RISK FOR ICE JAM FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO SEE FLASH FLOODING WHERE DRAINAGE OF SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL IS SLOWED BY CLOGGED STORM SEWER SYSTEMS CLOGGED WITH ICE FROM RECENT STORMS. IAZ054-066>068-078-088-089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018- 024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-270515- /O.CON.KDVN.FF.A.0021.081227T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 310 PM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BUREAU...CARROLL... HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL...JO DAVIESS...MCDONOUGH... MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND...STEPHENSON...WARREN AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...CLINTON...DES MOINES...HENRY IA... JACKSON...LEE...LOUISA...MUSCATINE...SCOTT AND VAN BUREN. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT MELTING SNOW. RUN OFF FROM THE MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON AREA STREAMS AND ILLINOIS TRIBUTARY RIVERS. ICE JAMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE ROCK RIVER...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. URBAN FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. MONITOR FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. $$ ERVIN
000 WGUS63 KDVN 270143 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 743 PM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE...DUE TO HEAVY RAIN...ICE JAMS...AND SNOW MELT... .WARM...MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT... MELTING SNOW AND ICE. CURRENTLY...MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS CONTAINS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF WATER IN FORM OF SNOW AND ICE ON THE GROUND. A GOOD PORTION OF THIS SNOW WATER WILL MELT OFF DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION LATER TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL TOTALS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND ILLINOIS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES... WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. THE MELT WATER AND RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE FLOODING. RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH ICE ON SOME RIVERS...WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING WITH RAPID RISES FROM ICE JAMS IS POSSIBLE. THE ROCK RIVER IS MOST AT RISK FOR ICE JAM FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO SEE FLASH FLOODING WHERE DRAINAGE OF SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL IS SLOWED BY CLOGGED STORM SEWER SYSTEMS CLOGGED WITH ICE FROM RECENT STORMS. IAZ054-066>068-078-088-089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018- 024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-270945- /O.CON.KDVN.FF.A.0021.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 743 PM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BUREAU...CARROLL... HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL...JO DAVIESS...MCDONOUGH... MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND...STEPHENSON...WARREN AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...CLINTON...DES MOINES...HENRY IA... JACKSON...LEE...LOUISA...MUSCATINE...SCOTT AND VAN BUREN. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT MELTING SNOW. RUN OFF FROM THE MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON AREA STREAMS AND ILLINOIS TRIBUTARY RIVERS. ICE JAMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE ROCK RIVER...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. URBAN FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. MONITOR FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. $$
000 WGUS63 KDVN 270344 FFADVN URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 944 PM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE...DUE TO HEAVY RAIN...ICE JAMS...AND SNOW MELT... .WARM...MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION TONIGHT... MELTING SNOW AND ICE. CURRENTLY...MUCH OF EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS CONTAINS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF WATER IN FORM OF SNOW AND ICE ON THE GROUND. A GOOD PORTION OF THIS SNOW WATER WILL MELT OFF DURING THE NEXT 24 HOURS. RAIN WILL SPREAD OVER THE REGION LATER TONIGHT...WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL TOTALS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND ILLINOIS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES... WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. THE MELT WATER AND RAINFALL WILL RUN OFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE FLOODING. RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH ICE ON SOME RIVERS...WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING WITH RAPID RISES FROM ICE JAMS IS POSSIBLE. THE ROCK RIVER IS MOST AT RISK FOR ICE JAM FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO SEE FLASH FLOODING WHERE DRAINAGE OF SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL IS SLOWED BY CLOGGED STORM SEWER SYSTEMS CLOGGED WITH ICE FROM RECENT STORMS. IAZ042-051>053-063>065-076-077-087-271145- /O.EXA.KDVN.FF.A.0021.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON- JEFFERSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS... ANAMOSA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... FAIRFIELD 944 PM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA... NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST IOWA...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...BENTON...CEDAR...IOWA... JOHNSON...JONES AND LINN. IN NORTHEAST IOWA...DUBUQUE. IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...JEFFERSON...KEOKUK AND WASHINGTON. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. RUN OFF FROM THE MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON AREA STREAMS AND SIGNIFICANT RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING ON TRIBUTARY RIVERS. URBAN FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. MONITOR FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. $$ IAZ054-066>068-078-088-089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018- 024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-271145- /O.CON.KDVN.FF.A.0021.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ /00000.0.IC.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JACKSON-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-LOUISA-HENRY IA-DES MOINES- VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND- HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MAQUOKETA...CLINTON...MUSCATINE... BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...WAPELLO...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 944 PM CST FRI DEC 26 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BUREAU...CARROLL... HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL...JO DAVIESS...MCDONOUGH... MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND...STEPHENSON...WARREN AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...CLINTON...DES MOINES...HENRY IA... JACKSON...LEE...LOUISA...MUSCATINE...SCOTT AND VAN BUREN. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND. * THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT MELTING SNOW. RUN OFF FROM THE MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON AREA STREAMS AND ILLINOIS TRIBUTARY RIVERS. ICE JAMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE ROCK RIVER...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. URBAN FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. MONITOR FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. $$
000 WGUS63 KDVN 270925 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 325 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...FLASH FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES TODAY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN...ICE JAMS...AND SNOW MELT... .WARM...MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY... MELTING MUCH OF THE REMAINING SNOW AND ICE. A LARGE PORTION OF THE SNOW AND ICE HAS ALREADY MELTED AND IS PRODUCING RUN OFF. ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY IMPACTED SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AN WESTERN ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT...AND WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES UP TOWARD THE AREA OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND ILLINOIS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES... WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. THE MELT WATER AND RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE FLOODING. RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH ICE ON SOME RIVERS...WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING WITH RAPID RISES FROM ICE JAMS IS POSSIBLE. THE ROCK RIVER IS MOST AT RISK FOR ICE JAM FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO SEE FLASH FLOODING WHERE DRAINAGE OF SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL IS SLOWED BY CLOGGED STORM SEWER SYSTEMS CLOGGED WITH ICE FROM RECENT STORMS. IAZ042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-009- 015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-271730- /O.CON.KDVN.FF.A.0021.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE- ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN- HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS... ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING... ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON... HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB... MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 325 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BUREAU...CARROLL... HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL...JO DAVIESS...MCDONOUGH... MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND...STEPHENSON...WARREN AND WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...BENTON...CEDAR...CLINTON...DES MOINES... DUBUQUE...HENRY IA...IOWA...JACKSON...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON... JONES...KEOKUK...LEE...LINN...LOUISA...MUSCATINE...SCOTT...VAN BUREN AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND. * THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT MELTING SNOW. THE HEAVIER RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...BUT THUNDERSTORMS AND RENEWED RAIN DEVELOPMENT MAY ALSO PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. RUN OFF FROM THE MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON AREA STREAMS AND SIGNIFICANT RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING ON TRIBUTARY RIVERS. ICE JAMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE ROCK RIVER...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A FEW OTHER AREA RIVERS MAY ALSO BE PRONE TO ICE JAMS AS WELL. URBAN FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. MONITOR FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. $$ DLF/12
000 WGUS63 KDVN 271730 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1130 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...FLASH FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES TODAY DUE TO HEAVY RAIN...ICE JAMS...AND SNOW MELT... .WARM...MOIST AIR WILL CONTINUE TO OVERSPREAD THE REGION TODAY... MELTING MUCH OF THE REMAINING SNOW AND ICE. A LARGE PORTION OF THE SNOW AND ICE HAS ALREADY MELTED AND IS PRODUCING RUN OFF. ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY IMPACTED SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AN WESTERN ILLINOIS OVERNIGHT...AND WILL CONTINUE TODAY AS A STRONG STORM SYSTEM MOVES UP TOWARD THE AREA OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. THE RAIN WILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...WITH RAINFALL TOTALS OVER NORTHEAST MISSOURI...EASTERN IOWA...AND ILLINOIS ARE EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES... WITH SOME LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS OCCUR. THE MELT WATER AND RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF INTO AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS IS LIKELY TO PRODUCE FLOODING. RAINFALL IN COMBINATION WITH ICE ON SOME RIVERS...WILL MAKE FLASH FLOODING WITH RAPID RISES FROM ICE JAMS IS POSSIBLE. THE ROCK RIVER IS MOST AT RISK FOR ICE JAM FLOODING. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO SEE FLASH FLOODING WHERE DRAINAGE OF SNOW MELT AND RAINFALL IS SLOWED BY CLOGGED STORM SEWER SYSTEMS CLOGGED WITH ICE FROM RECENT STORMS. IAZ042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-MOZ009-010-271830- /O.CAN.KDVN.FF.A.0021.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON- MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DUBUQUE...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS... ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON... MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON... WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA.... FORT MADISON...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 1130 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS SHIFTED EAST OUT OF IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. HOWEVER...THE THREAT HAS CHANGED TO A RIVER FLOODING RISK AND ICE JAM FLOODING RISK. WATCH FOR LATER STATEMENTS ON THIS FLOODING SITUATION. $$ ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-034-035-280000- /O.CON.KDVN.FF.A.0021.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB 1130 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...BUREAU AND PUTNAM. IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...CARROLL...HENRY IL...JO DAVIESS...MERCER...ROCK ISLAND...STEPHENSON AND WHITESIDE. IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS... HANCOCK...HENDERSON...MCDONOUGH AND WARREN. * UNTIL 6 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON * HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH SIGNIFICANT MELTING SNOW. THE HEAVIER RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR MAINLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. RUN OFF FROM THE MELTING SNOW AND RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLOODING ON AREA STREAMS AND SIGNIFICANT RISES AND POSSIBLE FLOODING ON TRIBUTARY RIVERS. ICE JAMS ARE POSSIBLE ON THE ROCK RIVER...RESULTING IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. A FEW OTHER AREA RIVERS MAY ALSO BE PRONE TO ICE JAMS AS WELL. URBAN FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND SNOW MELT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. MONITOR FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS. $$
000 WGUS63 KDVN 271917 FFADVN FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 117 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...THUNDERSTORMS EXITING THE AREA... .THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT IS ON THE DECREASE. ILZ001-002-007-009-015>018-024>026-034-035-272030- /O.CAN.KDVN.FF.A.0021.000000T0000Z-081228T0000Z/ /00000.0.RS.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL- BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL... STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE... PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE... MACOMB 117 PM CST SAT DEC 27 2008 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE EXITED THE AREA...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS DECREASED. HOWEVER...THE COMBINATION OF RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT WILL PUSH SOME AREA RIVERS INTO FLOOD...AND MANY OTHER AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS UP TO BANKFULL. PLUS THE THREAT OF ICE JAM FLOODING EXISTS MAINLY ON RIVERS IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS SUCH AS THE ROCK AND GREEN. SO IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST ALONG AREA RIVERS...STAY TUNED FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. $$ WOLF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 26, 1:24 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 17 hr |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.