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River Flood Warning 151, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 22, 2010Lee County, Van Buren County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 22, 2010, 8:47 AM CDT for Lee County, Van Buren County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 22, 2010, 9:39 AM CDT. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2010, 8:47 AM CDT (13:47 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 22, 2010, 9:39 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 24, 2010, 8:04 PM CDT
In force
58 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Lee County, IA, Van Buren County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Des Moines River at Keosauqua (KEQI4). The gauge peaked at 22.50 ft at Jun 22, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
21 ft
Minor stage
22 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
27 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05490500, 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 22, 5:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 5:57 AM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
557 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

.UPDATE...
JUST DID AN UPDATE TO THE FCST TO REFLECT CURRENT TRENDS WITH THE
MCS MOVING ACROSS IOWA. UNFORTUNATELY...THE 06Z WRF AND GFS ARE
NOT HANDLING THE IOWA MCS AT ALL. CORFIDI VECTORS FROM THE 09Z RUC
HAS THE MCS CONTINUING EAST WITH THE STRONGER CONVECTION SLOWLY
DEVELOPING SOUTHEAST. THE COLD POOL FROM THE MCS WILL AID IN HOLDING
THE BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI IN PLACE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON.     ...08...

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR CEDAR-CLINTON-
     DES MOINES-HENRY IA-IOWA-JEFFERSON-JOHNSON-KEOKUK-LEE-
     LOUISA-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.

IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR BUREAU-
     HANCOCK-HENDERSON-HENRY IL-MCDONOUGH-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK
     ISLAND-WARREN-WHITESIDE.

MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR CLARK-
     SCOTLAND.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 5:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
500 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-231000-
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-
500 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

TWO ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM COMPLEXES WILL BE SEEN ACROSS THE AREA
TODAY AND TONIGHT. HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY FROM EACH THUNDERSTORM
COMPLEX. SINCE THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED...THE POTENTIAL
EXISTS FOR A HIGH IMPACT FLASH FLOOD EVENT.

SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH THE MAIN
THREAT BEING HIGH WINDS AND POSSIBLY LARGE HAIL. THE STORM
PREDICTION CENTER HAS A SLIGHT RISK ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.
CURRENTLY A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE STORMS EXISTS ACROSS BUCHANAN...
BENTON...AND IOWA COUNTIES.

AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

TWO ADDITIONAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SEEN WEDNESDAY INTO
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. BOTH ROUNDS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE
HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. DUE TO SATURATED GROUND FROM
REPEATED HEAVY RAINFALL...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR A HIGH IMPACT
FLASH FLOOD EVENT.

SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE SECOND ROUND OF STORMS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE STORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

A NEAR DAILY CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE STARTING
FRIDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUING THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
719 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

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

0630 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 NNE CHARLIE HEATH MEM 40.61N 91.87W
06/22/2010  M4.75 INCH       VAN BUREN          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL SINCE 2 PM MONDAY. SINCE MIDNIGHT 0.40 INCH.

&&

TAS
Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:49 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
749 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

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

0744 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 N KEOSAUQUA           40.75N 91.96W
06/22/2010  M1.25 INCH       VAN BUREN          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAIN FALL SINCE 6 AM - NEARLY AN INCH FELL IN THE FIRST
            15 MINUTES OF THE DOWNPOUR.

&&

TAS
Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:04 AM CDT, 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
804 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

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

0802 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MEMPHIS                 40.46N 92.17W
06/22/2010                   SCOTLAND           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF CITY STREETS

&&

TAS
Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:32 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
832 AM CDT TUE JUN 22 2010

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

0830 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 N MARENGO             41.85N 92.07W
06/22/2010  M1.13 INCH       IOWA               IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0830 AM     HEAVY RAIN       KEOKUK                  40.41N 91.40W
06/22/2010  M3.10 INCH       LEE                IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LEGRO

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren55 min
Jun 21, 7:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more49 hr
Jun 21, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNClinton, Jackson35 min
Jun 21, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNScott58 min
Jun 21, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Scott31 min
Jun 21, 8:12 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNVan Buren6 hr
Jun 21, 8:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Lee, Van Buren5 hr
Jun 21, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDes Moines, Lee44 min
Jun 21, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNVan Buren53 min
Jun 21, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNLee, Van Buren61 min
Jun 22, 2:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Lee, Van Buren8 hr
Jun 22, 5:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNDes Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk and 4 more90 min
Jun 22, 6:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNIowa, Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington54 min
Jun 22, 10:04 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren21 hr
Jun 22, 10:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNJohnson, Washington5 days
Jun 21, 7:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNMcDonough45 min
Jun 21, 7:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNStephenson42 min
Jun 21, 7:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNHancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren6 hr
Jun 21, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJo Daviess, Stephenson33 min
Jun 21, 10:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren56 min
Jun 22, 9:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHancock42 min
Jun 21, 8:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNScotland58 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2010Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.