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River Flood Warning 145, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 7, 2008Benton County, Linn County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 7, 2008, 12:05 PM CDT for Benton County, Linn County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 9, 2008, 8:58 AM CDT. It was in force for 9 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2008, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 9, 2008, 8:58 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 18, 2008, 7:55 PM CDT
In force
9 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Benton County, IA, Linn County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:06 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 river

Written for the forecast point Cedar River at Vinton (VINI4).

Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05464315, 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 7, 3:57 AM CDT, 8 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 3:57 AM CDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 9:29 AM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
929 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2008

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-081000-
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-
929 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 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

A SIGNIFICANT THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS FORECAST FOR MUCH OF
IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND A
ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE AGAIN
LATER TONIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE
NUMEROUS TONIGHT.  WHILE THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS OVER
ALL OF EASTERN IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS...THE HIGHEST RISK EXISTS GENERALLY NORTH AND
WEST OF A LINE FROM OTTUMWA IOWA TO ROCKFORD ILLINOIS. THIS
INCLUDES THE CEDAR RAPIDS AND DUBUQUE AREAS.

THE HAZARDS POSSIBLE TODAY INCLUDE TORNADOES...STRAIGHT LINE
WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL EXACERBATE RIVER
FLOODING AND POSSIBLY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH
HAS BEEN POSTED FOR NORTHEAST AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA THIS
EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. WATCHES FOR SEVERE WEATHER ARE
ANTICIPATED LATER TODAY.

IF YOU WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES TODAY...BE SURE
TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH THE LATEST INFORMATION IN THIS VOLATILE
WEATHER SITUATION.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ONE OR MORE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL IMPACT THE OUTLOOK AREA
SUNDAY INTO MONDAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT SAGGING SLOWLY SOUTH
THROUGH THE REGION. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL...
DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ONLY EXACERBATE ONGOING FLOODING AND
COULD POSSIBLY PRODUCE HIGHER CRESTS ON SOME AREA RIVERS. IN
ADDITION...WITH THE GROUND SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINS...ANY
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL EXIST LATE TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. AT THIS
TIME...IT IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER.

MINOR TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON MANY EASTERN IOWA TRIBUTARY
RIVERS...WITH MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
SOUTH OF MUSCATINE. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE
LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT PRODUCT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS ANTICIPATED LATER TODAY. A CONFERENCE CALL
FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WILL BE CONDUCTED ABOUT 1130 AM THIS MORNING.

WOLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 4:30 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more47 hr
Jun 7, 11:12 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNBuchanan, Linn9 days
Jun 7, 1:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNDes Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott41 min
Jun 7, 2:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Muscatine, Scott47 min
Jun 7, 2:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNMuscatine, Scott93 min
Jun 7, 2:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Jackson53 min
Jun 7, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDubuque, Jackson50 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 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.