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River Flood Warning 115, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 29, 2013Clark County, Missouri

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 29, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT for Clark County, Missouri. It took effect at May 29, 2013, 7:48 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 29, 2013, 4:00 AM CDT (09:00 UTC)
In effect from: May 29, 2013, 7:48 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 1, 2013, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Clark County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Fox River (IA/MO) at Wayland (WYLM7). The gauge peaked at 16.51 ft at May 31, 2013, 6:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05495000, 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 May 29, 3:58 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 3:58 AM CDT, 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 3:32 PM CDT, 12 hours 28 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
332 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-292045-
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-
332 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR
MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 30.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
OVERNIGHT. THE ENVIRONMENT WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN. IF STORMS BECOME ORGANIZED TONIGHT THEN THE FLASH
FLOOD WATCH MAY BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE NIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL ALSO
HAVE A THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS
PLACED MUCH OF THE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WITH THE
GREATEST POTENTIAL ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING THUNDERSTORMS WINDS ARE THE PRIMARY THREAT THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

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

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

WEDNESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...
ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM WITH DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL
CANNOT BE RULED OUT...ESPECIALLY OVER EAST CENTRAL IOWA.

THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA. DAMAGING WIND AND
LARGE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY IN THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING HOURS. HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE
POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. AT
THIS TIME...IT APPEARS THE PROBABILITY FOR SEVERE STORMS IS LOW.
THERE WILL BE A CONTINUED POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH
FLOODING FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 10:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 10:27 PM CDT, 5 hours 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 28, 10:57 PM CDT, 5 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 12:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 1:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 1:30 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Washington	63 min
May 28, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Louisa, Washington	66 min
May 28, 7:44 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Louisa	9 hr
May 28, 8:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Des Moines, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott	56 min
May 28, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Van Buren	4 days
May 28, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	5 days
May 28, 9:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Lee, Van Buren	23 min
May 28, 9:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Lee	57 min
May 29, 4:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DVN	Des Moines	6 hr
May 29, 3:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more	54 hr
May 29, 4:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Buchanan	45 min
May 29, 5:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Iowa, Linn	44 min
May 29, 5:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Benton, Buchanan	50 min
May 29, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Delaware	40 min
May 29, 6:07 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Iowa, Linn	6 hr
May 29, 6:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DVN	Benton, Buchanan, Linn	47 min
May 28, 7:29 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	DVN	Bureau, Henry, Putnam	9 hr
May 28, 9:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Rock Island	44 min
May 29, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Clark, Scotland	53 min
May 29, 7:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	DVN	Scotland	12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Missouri, 2013 Every river flood warning in 2013

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.