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Flash Flood Warning 55, NWS Quad Cities, IA

August 4, 20104 counties in Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2010, 3:08 AM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 6 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2010, 3:08 AM CDT (08:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2010, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Iowa County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Washington County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:08 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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 315 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2010-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4758 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2010-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.0
Supercell composite
15.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash 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 flash flood warning went out at Aug 3, 9:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 9:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
912 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010

.UPDATE...
THE RISK FOR A HEAVY RAIN EVENT NEARLY ON TOP OF THE EVENT FROM
LAST NIGHT HAS INCREASED AS DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS AFD. THE SFC
HAS REMAINED CAPPED OVER SOUTHERN IOWA AND NORTHERN MO...AND MCS
PARAMETERS...AND AGGRESSIVE STORM DEVELOPMENT ON RADAR ARE BULLSEYED
ON WESTERN IOWA AND EASTERN NE. THIS AREA SHOULD GROW UPSCALE INTO
AN MCS...MOVING GENERALLY EAST...OR SLIGHTLY NORTH OF DUE EAST AS
SHOWN ON BOTH FORWARD AND BACKWARD PROPAGATING CORFIDI VECTORS.
CAPE SHOULD REMAIN IN EXCESS OF 2000 ALL NIGHT...WITH PWAT VALUES
AROUND 2 INCHES OR SLIGHTLY HIGHER. THE HRRR MODEL HAS BEEN
NAILING THE DEVELOPMENT THUS FAR...AND THIS BRINGS THE HEART OF
THE MCS ALONG I-80 LATER TONIGHT. SINCE THIS IS OVER SATURATED AND
URBAN AREAS...A NEW FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED MIDNIGHT THROUGH
1 PM CDT WEDNESDAY.
..ERVIN..

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR CEDAR-CLINTON-
     HENRY IA-IOWA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KEOKUK-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-
     SCOTT-WASHINGTON.

IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR BUREAU-CARROLL-
     HENRY IL-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-WHITESIDE.

MO...NONE.
&&

...ERVIN...
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 9:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 49 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
919 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-050230-
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-
919 PM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010

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...TONIGHT

ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND THE
THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ARE EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THESE STORM WILL BRING THE THREAT OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF
RAIN IN AN HOUR. WHERE THIS RAIN FALLS IN SATURATED AND URBAN
AREAS...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY LATE TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY
MORNING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOCATIONS
ROUGHLY WITHIN 50 MILES OF INTERSTATE 80 IN IOWA AND ILLINOIS
THROUGH 1 PM WEDNESDAY.

AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. SOME OF THESE
RIVERS MAY SEE ADDITIONAL RISES DUE TO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAYS
RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A COLD FRONT WILL PASS THROUGH THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...ENDING THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT AS THE FRONT PASSES. UNTIL
THE FRONT PASSES THROUGH...HEAVY RAIN REMAINS A THREAT.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE OUTLOOK AREA SATURDAY NIGHT
THROUGH MONDAY. HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE BUT IT
IS TOO EARLY TO DETERMINE SPECIFICS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS UNLIKELY TONIGHT. RAINFALL REPORTS OF MORE
THAN AN INCH IN A SHORT PERIOD OR FLASH FLOODING WOULD BE
APPRECIATED.

ERVIN

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 4, 1:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
115 AM CDT WED AUG 4 2010

IAZ063-076-040715-
IOWA-KEOKUK-
115 AM CDT WED AUG 4 2010

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING EASTERN IOWA...

AT 110 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 42 MILES WEST OF
WHAT CHEER TO 56 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HEDRICK...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WHAT CHEER AROUND 210 AM CDT...
  DELTA...HEDRICK...KESWICK AND HAYESVILLE AROUND 215 AM CDT...

THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF
60 MPH AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. TORRENTIAL RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER
HOUR AND DANGEROUS FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO
ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.

LAT...LON 4151 9242 4151 9231 4169 9231 4169 9230
      4169 9220 4116 9219 4116 9241 4123 9242
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 268DEG 32KT 4159 9308 4073 9316

HAASE
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:11 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 4, 2:57 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
257 AM CDT WED AUG 4 2010

IAZ063>065-067-068-077-078-087>089-098-099-ILZ015-024-025-040900-
CEDAR-DES
MOINES-HENDERSON-HENRY-IOWA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-LEE-LOUISA-MERCER-
MUSCATINE-ROCK ISLAND-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON-
257 AM CDT WED AUG 4 2010

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN IOWA...

AT 254 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM OXFORD TO
CRAWFORDSVILLE TO KEOSAUQUA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WYMAN...RIVERSIDE...ROME AND OLDS AROUND 300 AM CDT...
  COTTER AND TIFFIN AROUND 305 AM CDT...
  NORTH LIBERTY...WESTWOOD...COLUMBUS JUNCTION AND COLUMBUS CITY
  AROUND 310 AM CDT...

WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH...BRIEF TORRENTIAL RAIN AND DANGEROUS
FREQUENT TO CONTINUOUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

IF YOU HEAR THUNDER...MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO A STURDY BUILDING OR CAR
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

LAT...LON 4120 9163 4181 9195 4181 9100 4120 9069
      4069 9128 4068 9219 4071 9219
TIME...MOT...LOC 0755Z 270DEG 29KT 4173 9178 4120 9151
          4075 9201

HAASE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 8:08 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNJohnson, Louisa, Washington4 days
Aug 3, 8:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNCedar, Clinton, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson and 5 more14 hr
Aug 3, 8:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLouisa56 hr
Aug 3, 8:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLouisa5 days
Aug 3, 8:52 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLee, Van Buren61 hr
Aug 4, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNKeokuk60 min
Aug 4, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNHenry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Van Buren and 1 more64 min
Aug 4, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNCedar, Des Moines, Henry, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more63 min
Aug 4, 3:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNMuscatine, Scott49 min
Aug 4, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Scott45 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.