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River Flood Warning 55, NWS Quad Cities, IA

April 6, 2010Muscatine County, Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Apr 6, 2010, 12:37 PM CDT for Muscatine County, Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois. It took effect at Apr 8, 2010, 6:44 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2010, 12:37 PM CDT (17:37 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 8, 2010, 6:44 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 7, 2010, 10:18 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Muscatine County, IA, Scott County, IA, Rock Island County, IL

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at Rock Island (RCKI2).

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 6, 4:06 AM CDT, 8 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 4:06 AM CDT, 8 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 5:16 AM CDT, 7 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
516 AM CDT TUE APR 6 2010

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-071030-
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-
516 AM CDT TUE APR 6 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

THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80 THIS
MORNING WILL BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL.
IN ADDITION... SOME AREAS MAY SEE SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS
RESULTING IN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES... AND
THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN IOWA MID AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT. THE
STORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BRINGING A THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES
WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30 BETWEEN 4 PM
AND 9 PM. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED THE ENTIRE
OUTLOOK AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 6, 7:23 AM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 7:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 6, 11:38 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1138 AM CDT TUE APR 06 2010

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

1012 PM     TSTM WND GST     ATKINS                  42.00N 91.86W
04/05/2010  M74 MPH          BENTON             IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            MEASURED AT THE ATKINS FIRE DEPARTMENT. DELAYED REPORT.

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LEGRO

Local storm report, Apr 6, 11:41 AM CDT, 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1141 AM CDT TUE APR 06 2010

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

1012 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 N ATKINS              42.01N 91.86W
04/05/2010                   BENTON             IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STEEL ROOF BLOWN OFF FARM OUTBUILDING. TOP OF A SILO
            BLOWN OFF. WOODEN BARN BLOWN DOWN. DELAYED REPORT.

&&

LEGRO

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 10:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn	61 min
Apr 5, 10:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn	48 min
Apr 5, 10:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Dubuque, Jackson	62 min
Apr 5, 11:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Jackson	47 min
Apr 6, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton	51 min
Apr 6, 4:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Cedar, Johnson, Muscatine	30 min
Apr 6, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Scott	55 min
Apr 6, 5:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	28 min
Apr 6, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Jackson, Jones	51 min
Apr 6, 12:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa, Muscatine	22 hr
Apr 6, 12:37 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa, Muscatine	47 hr
Apr 6, 12:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clinton, Scott	7 days
Apr 6, 12:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Iowa, Johnson	5 days
Apr 6, 12:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	4 days
Apr 6, 12:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	22 hr
Apr 6, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan	53 min
Apr 6, 5:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan	60 min
Apr 6, 6:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque	34 min
Apr 6, 6:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Linn	57 min
Apr 6, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Buchanan	51 min
Apr 6, 6:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Linn	43 min
Apr 5, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll	19 min
Apr 5, 11:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Stephenson	39 min
Apr 5, 11:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll	24 min
Apr 6, 5:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Carroll, Whiteside	31 min
Apr 6, 6:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Stephenson	14 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2010 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2010 Every 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.