Alert archive / Iowa / River Flood Warnings in 2013
River Flood Warning 142, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 24, 2013, 11:29 AM CDT for Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois. It took effect at Jun 26, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2013, 11:29 AM CDT (16:29 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 26, 2013, 10:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2013, 4:26 AM CDT
- In force
- 8 days
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Scott County, IA, Rock Island County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 7 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:32 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 river
Written for the forecast point Mississippi River at LeClaire (LECI4).
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 12 ft
- Major stage
- 13.5 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 Jun 24, 6:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
641 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
.SYNOPSIS...
ISSUED AT 445 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE NE HALF OF THE CWFA EARLY THIS
AM. A STATIONARY FRONT IS DRAPED ACROSS THE NE/KS BORDER TO NORTH
CENTRAL MO BEFORE DIPPING SOUTHWARD. ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE FOUND
ACROSS CENTRAL IOWA AND FURTHER UPSTREAM A BOWING LINE OF STORMS IS
FOUND ACROSS CENTRAL NE.
&&
.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 445 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
MAIN FOCUS WAS ON THE SHORT TERM THUNDERSTORM CHANCES AND HEAVY RAIN
THREAT AREAS TODAY. THE CONVECTIVE AREAS ACROSS NE AND CENTRAL IA
WILL TRACK EASTWARD EVENTUALLY ACROSS THE CWFA. AREAS ALONG AND
NORTH OF I80 WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCES AT SEEING THE REPEATED
ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS. EACH THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES. THAT WITH REPEATED ROUNDS
OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME AREAS COULD SEE 2 TO 4 INCHES WITH LOCALLY
EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS. DROPPED THE SOUTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES FROM THE
FLASH FLOOD WATCH...WITH THE FOCUS MORE DEFINED TO BE ALONG AND
NORTH OF I80.
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 445 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE EXTENDED FORECAST. RAIN CHANCES REMAIN IN
THE FORECAST...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE CWFA
THROUGH WED NIGHT/THURSDAY WHEN A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.
RELATIVELY QUIET WEATHER THURSDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z TUESDAY MORNING)
ISSUED AT 640 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
TORRENTIAL RAINS IN THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA THROUGH 00Z. THE CID AND MLI TERMINALS HAVE THE BEST CHANCE
AT SEEING THE STORMS AS SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
MOVE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR. CIGS WILL
GENERALLY BE 2000-5000 FT AT CID AND MLI FOR MUCH OF THE DAY.
VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED TO AOB 1 MILE AT TIMES IN STORMS.
CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY WILL SHIFT SOUTH OF DBQ BY MID AFTERNOON. AT
BRL STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR BENTON-BUCHANAN-CEDAR-
CLINTON-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-IOWA-JACKSON-JOHNSON-JONES-KEOKUK-
LINN-LOUISA-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-WASHINGTON.
IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR BUREAU-CARROLL-HENRY
IL-JO DAVIESS-MERCER-PUTNAM-ROCK ISLAND-STEPHENSON-
WHITESIDE.
MO...NONE.
&&
SYNOPSIS...14
SHORT TERM...14
LONG TERM...14
AVIATION...14Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 7:12 AM CDT, 4 hours 17 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 712 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-251215- 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- 712 AM CDT MON JUN 24 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...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE 80 CORRIDOR THROUGH MUCH OF THE DAY. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO LOCALLY OVER 6 INCHES WILL BE LIKELY. AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS AS WELL AS LOW SPOTS...CREAKS...AND TRIBUTARY RIVERS. FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS NORTH OF A LINE FROM OTTUMWA IOWA...TO GALESBURG ILLINOIS...TO LA SALLE ILLINOIS. SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS TODAY MAY SURPASS SEVERE LIMITS PRODUCING QUARTER SIZED HAIL OR LARGE OR DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR MORE. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THE ENTIRE AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE STORMS. AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ADDITIONAL STORMS ARE EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL ONLY AGGRAVATE ANY ONGOING FLOODING CONCERNS OR MAY CREATE NEW ONES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON. REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 1 INCH AND ANY FLOODING ISSUES WOULD BE APPRECIATED. 14
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 24, 9:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
930 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0853 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 WNW MORRISON 41.81N 89.98W
06/24/2013 M0.50 INCH WHITESIDE IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0759 AM HEAVY RAIN MOLINE 41.49N 90.49W
06/24/2013 M2.20 INCH ROCK ISLAND IL PUBLIC
0928 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 W CAMBRIDGE 41.30N 90.20W
06/24/2013 M3.10 INCH HENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
RAIN FELL BETWEEN 2 AM AND 9 AM
&&
TERRYSLocal storm report, Jun 24, 9:32 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
932 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0915 AM HEAVY RAIN IOWA CITY 41.66N 91.54W
06/24/2013 M1.10 INCH JOHNSON IA BROADCAST MEDIA
EAST SIDE OF IOWA CITY
&&
DLFLocal storm report, Jun 24, 10:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Jun 24, 10:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Jun 24, 10:26 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Jun 24, 11:14 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1114 AM CDT MON JUN 24 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1113 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 NW KEWANEE 41.26N 89.96W
06/24/2013 M5.00 INCH HENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
TOTAL PAST 24 HOURS.
&&
DLSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 9:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson | 58 min |
| Jun 23, 9:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 17 days |
| Jun 23, 9:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Louisa | 18 days |
| Jun 23, 9:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Jefferson | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 4:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Scott | 9 hr |
| Jun 24, 6:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 7:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine, Scott | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 9:50 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Muscatine | 6 hr |
| Jun 24, 10:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine | 10 days |
| Jun 24, 10:45 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa | 11 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 8 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson | 8 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton | 8 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 10 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 13 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Muscatine | 14 days |
| Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Louisa, Muscatine | 15 days |
| Jun 24, 12:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Scott | 57 min |
| Jun 24, 1:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Iowa, Keokuk | 27 min |
| Jun 24, 1:29 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Scott | 12 hr |
| Jun 24, 1:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington | 52 min |
| Jun 24, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Henry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Van Buren, Washington | 50 min |
| Jun 24, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Washington | 51 min |
| Jun 24, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Lee, Van Buren | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Iowa, Johnson, Linn | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Des Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Lee, Louisa and 3 more | 48 min |
| Jun 24, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Louisa, Washington | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 2:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn | 23 min |
| Jun 24, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Clinton, Scott | 40 min |
| Jun 24, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 45 min |
| Jun 24, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 10 days |
| Jun 24, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 15 days |
| Jun 24, 10:34 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island | 12 days |
| Jun 24, 2:51 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Henry | 3 days |
| Jun 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Henry, Rock Island, Whiteside | 43 min |
| Jun 24, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Whiteside | 28 min |
| Jun 24, 4:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau, Henry, Putnam | 46 min |
| Jun 24, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Bureau | 24 min |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2013River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 2013Every 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.