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River Flood Warning 138, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2008, 8:40 PM CDT for Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri. It took effect at Jun 3, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 23 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2008, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 3, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2008, 8:46 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Flood severity
- Minor
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 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Des Moines River at St. Francisville (SFLM7).
- Action stage
- 17 ft
- Minor stage
- 18 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05490600, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 warning went out at Jun 3, 2:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 2:55 PM CDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 515 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-041015- BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-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- 515 AM CDT TUE JUN 3 2008 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 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF FREEPORT...CEDAR RAPIDS...WILLIAMSBURG LINE THIS MORNING. THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING THE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WILL BE MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 WITH A MODERATE RISK INPLACE SOUTH OF A KAHOKA MISSOURI...ROSEVILLE ILLINOIS LINE. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS EARLY THIS MORNING. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THE STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH. A CLUSTER THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL IOWA THIS MORNING WILL SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI BY MID MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE OUT OF CENTRAL IOWA...BUT ISOLATED STRONGER STORMS IN EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI MAY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNY/S. HEAVY RAINS WILL ALSO BE A THREAT...ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING OVER SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. AT THIS TIME IT APPEARS THAT THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE ALONG AND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. THE PRIMARY SEVERE THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA UNDER A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY...THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. ON WEDNESDAY...SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG A WARM FRONT THAT WILL LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE AREA. THESE STORMS MAY BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. IT APPEARS THE GREATEST RISK WILL BE IN EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. WEDNESDAY NIGHT...A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...HEAVY RAIN...AND LARGE HAIL. THIS RISK IS GREATEST WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. A LARGE STORM SYSTEM MOVING OUT OF THE WESTERN UNITED STATES WILL BRING ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER... BUT IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE MORE SPECIFIC TIMING...LOCATIONS... AND THREATS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON SEVERAL EASTERN IOWA TRIBUTARIES THIS WEEK. THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS WEEK WILL LIKELY BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS TO THE REGION. ANY HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURS WILL LIKELY PROLONG THE ONGOING FLOODING OR CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING ON AREA TRIBUTARIES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING FOR AREAS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:26 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 30 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:08 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 29 days |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2008River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008
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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.