Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Quad Cities, IA

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WGUS73 KDVN 271003
FFSDVN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
503 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2009

IAC031-045-095-103-113-139-163-ILC015-161-195-271012-
/O.CAN.KDVN.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-090827T1600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINN IA-CLINTON IA-CEDAR IA-IOWA IA-JOHNSON IA-SCOTT IA-MUSCATINE IA-
CARROLL IL-WHITESIDE IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-
503 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2009

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ROCK ISLAND...
WHITESIDE...CARROLL...MUSCATINE...SCOTT...JOHNSON...IOWA...CEDAR...
CLINTON AND SOUTHERN LINN COUNTIES...

HEAVY RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY ENDED AND RIVER LEVELS FROM AUTOMATED 
GAGES HAS RETURNED TO WITHIN BANKFULL.  THEREFORE...THE WARNING IS 
CANCELLED.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY 
WHICH MAY RESULT IN FLOODING.

LAT...LON 4186 9230 4188 9138 4194 9137 4195 9090
      4204 9090 4203 9015 4193 9015 4193 8966
      4160 8966 4159 9017 4154 9020 4152 9036
      4146 9043 4133 9044 4134 9137 4142 9137
      4142 9148 4151 9153 4151 9230

$$

NICHOLS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
224 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009

.DISCUSSION...
OUR FOCUS WILL REMAIN ON THE SHORT TERM AS A SIGNIFICANT HYDRO EVENT
IS SETTING UP OVER THE CWA.  OVERNIGHT RAINS BROUGHT WIDESPREAD 1 TO
3 INCHES...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 5 INCHES.  THIS FELL
ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.  CONVECTION FIRED ALONG A
STATIONARY ELEVATED FRONT...LIKELY BETWEEN 925 AND 850 MB.
TODAY...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE CONTINUED TO FIRE ALONG THIS
AXIS...AND AN ADDITIONAL 0.5 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN TODAY FROM
SOUTHEAST IOWA...THROUGH NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. FLASH FLOODING HAS
ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AND WITH POTENTIAL FOR MUCH MORE TO COME...WE
HAVE ALREADY ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE NORTHERN 2/3RDS OF
THE CWA.

WHILE LATE AFTER AND EARLY EVENING MAY CONTINUE TO BE DOMINATED BY
AREAS OF SHOWERS AND STORMS RIDING UP ALONG THE STATIONARY
FRONT...OUR RAINFALL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY FORCED BY A VERY
STRONG SLOW MOVING MCV.  THIS IS CURRENTLY LOCATED OVER WEST AND
SOUTHWEST IOWA...AND IS PRODUCING WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.
MODELS TRACK THIS MCV ALONG THE STATIONARY FRONT...MORE OR LESS
RIGHT OVER THE CWA. THIS PROCESS MAY TAKE AS LONG AS UNTIL FRIDAY
MORNING. UNTIL IT PASSES THROUGH...PW VALUES WILL REMAIN AROUND 2
INCHES...AND EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS LIKELY. LOOKING AT THE LOCAL MCS
GENESIS PROCEDURES...THE PROCESSES SHOULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
WIDESPREAD RAINFALL THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT BEFORE DECREASING TOWARDS
FRIDAY.  THIS WILL ALLOW FOR ANOTHER WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES...WITH
LOCALIZED AMOUNTS AROUND 5 VERY POSSIBLE.  SHOULD THESE VALUES FALL
IN PREVIOUSLY AFFECTED HEAVY RAIN AREAS...3 DAY TOTALS COULD EXCEED
8 INCHES. RIVERS WILL LIKELY SEE SIGNIFICANT RISES...AND IN SOME
CASES...SUCH AS THE WAPSIPINICON AT DEWITT...MODERATE FLOODING.
SINCE THE PRIMARY THREAT IS FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING...WE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSIDER THAT THE PRIMARY
THREAT...WITH RIVER FLOODING A SECONDARY THREAT.

AFTER FRIDAY...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL SWEEP THROUGH WITH GUSTY
CONDITIONS AND SHARPLY COLDER CONDITIONS. NO MAJOR CHANGES WERE MADE
TO THE EXTENDED PORTION OF THE FORECAST. ...ERVIN...
&&

.AVIATION...
FIRST MCS IS EXITING THE AREA WITH THE NEXT ONE...WITH AN EMBEDDED
MCV...ARRIVING. VSBYS/CIGS TO VARY BETWEEN VFR/MVFR TO LIFR/IFR.
VSBYS/CIGS IN STRATIFORM RAIN ARE GENERALLY 2-3SM AND 1.5 TO 2.5
KFT. TSRA ARE PRODUCING VSBYS BLO 1SM AND CIGS BLO 1KFT. MODELS
SUGGEST REDEVELOPMENT OR BACK BUILDING OF THE MCS OVERNIGHT. 18Z
TAFS WERE WRITTEN WITH 3-5SM VSBYS AND 1-2KFT CIGS THROUGH 18Z/27
WITH VCTS. HOWEVER...ANY TSRA THAT AFFECTS A TAF SITE WILL BE
CAPABLE OF BLO 1SM VSBYS AND BLO 1KFT CIGS.
...08...

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR BENTON-BUCHANAN-
     CEDAR-CLINTON-DELAWARE-DES MOINES-DUBUQUE-HENRY IA-IOWA-
     JACKSON-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-JONES-KEOKUK-LINN-LOUISA-
     MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON.

IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR BUREAU-CARROLL-
     HENDERSON-HENRY IL-JO DAVIESS-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-
     STEPHENSON-WARREN-WHITESIDE.

MO...NONE.
&&

ERVIN/08

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
445 AM CDT WED AUG 26 2009

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-270900-
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-
445 AM CDT WED AUG 26 2009

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 SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE OUTLOOK AREA
BY LATE TONIGHT.  EPISODES OF THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WILL DEVELOP
ALONG AND BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY.  THERE IS A RISK OF ADDITIONAL
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES THAT COULD RESULT IN
PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING LOCATIONS AND BRING RIVER WATER LEVELS
TO BANKFULL WITH ISOLATED RIVER FLOODING. LOCATIONS ALONG AND
ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 ARE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE FOR HEAVY
RAINFALL.  SOME STRONG STORMS MAY ALSO OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON ALONG THE
IOWA-MISSOURI BORDER WITH GUSTY WINDS OVER 40 MPH THE PRIMARY RISK.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY...THURSDAY NIGHT
AND FRIDAY. CONDITIONS WILL NOT BE FAVORABLE FOR STORMS TO BECOME
SEVERE...HOWEVER SOME MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. LOCALIZED
FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT IN AREAS THAT
BECOME SATURATED FROM SEVERAL HEAVY RAINFALL EVENTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY LATE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY REPORTS
OF STRONG WINDS OVER 40 MPH AND ANY HAIL WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

NICHOLS/SHEETS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
906 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0905 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SSW BELLE PLAINE      41.89N 92.28W
08/26/2009  M1.75 INCH       BENTON             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR TODAY.

&&

MIKEZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
943 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0943 PM     HEAVY RAIN       VAN HORNE               42.01N 92.09W
08/26/2009  M2.02 INCH       BENTON             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAINFALL TOTAL SO FAR.

&&

MIKEZ

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
959 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0930 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 NNE CHARLIE HEATH MEM 40.61N 91.87W
08/26/2009  M0.30 INCH       VAN BUREN          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL SO FAR.

&&

LE

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1150 PM CDT WED AUG 26 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1145 PM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SSW BELLE PLAINE      41.89N 92.28W
08/26/2009  M2.00 INCH       BENTON             IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL FOR TODAY. STILL RAINING.

&&

DLS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
153 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2009

IAZ051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-ILZ007-009-015>018-024>026-
271300-
BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-
SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-
CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-
HENDERSON-WARREN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...
MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...
BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...
FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...MOUNT CARROLL...
STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...
PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH
153 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2009

...HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE REGION INTO MID MORNING...

HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE
AREA THROUGH 8 AM. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE QUARTER TO OVER ONE HALF
INCH AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED. BY 8 AM...ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1
TO OVER 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TOTALS WOULD
POSE A RISK OF RIVER FLOODING AND ALSO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING
IN LOW LYING LOCATIONS AND URBAN AREAS.

EXPECT SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND IN LOW-LYING
AREAS...AND RISES IN AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS.

&&

LAT...LON 4185 9183 4185 9139 4185 9137 4142 9137
      4142 9148 4145 9151 4150 9151 4151 9153
      4152 9230 4185 9230

NICHOLS