Alert archive / Iowa / River Flood Warnings in 2008

River Flood Warning 51, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 9, 2008Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 9, 2008, 3:57 AM CDT for Lee County, Iowa; Clark County, Missouri. It was in force for 30 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2008, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2008, 10:26 AM CDT
In force
30 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 08:59 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 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 Apr 8, 3:11 PM CDT, 12 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 8, 3:11 PM CDT, 12 hours 46 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 8, 4:49 AM CDT, 23 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
449 AM CDT TUE APR 8 2008

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-091000-
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-
449 AM CDT TUE APR 8 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

HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TODAY...ESPECIALLY EAST OF A LINE FROM
FAIRFIELD TO DUBUQUE.  PERIODS OF RAIN...HEAVY AT TIMES WILL SPREAD
ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA DURING THE DAY TODAY.  THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE EMBEDDED IN THE RAIN...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING.  LOCATIONS
MOST LIKELY TO HEAR THUNDER WILL BE SOUTHEAST IOWA...AND ALL
ILLINOIS AND MISSOURI COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE
SEVERE.  WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IS LIKELY
ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA...WITH POTENTIAL FOR GREATER THAN ONE
INCH EAST OF A FAIRFIELD TO DUBUQUE LINE.

MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES ON A FEW TRIBUTARY RIVERS IN EASTERN IOWA
AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT FOR
FURTHER DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

HEAVY RAINFALL IS LIKELY LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY
EVENING AS AN STRONG SPRING STORM SYSTEM SLOWLY MOVES INTO THE
AREA. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE RANGE OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.
THIS MAY RESULT IN PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS AND LEAD TO
ADDITIONAL RISES AND FLOODING ON AREA RIVERS.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS THURSDAY IN THE AREA
ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
IS LARGE HAIL WITH A SECONDARY THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND WITH
STORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. NON-SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA FROM
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

ERVIN/SHEETS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 9, 3:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNCedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa and 12 more42 hr
Apr 9, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNJohnson, Louisa, Washington4 days
Apr 9, 9:52 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee3 days
Apr 9, 10:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNHancock43 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.