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River Flood Warning 142, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 24, 2013Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois

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.

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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...14
Hazardous 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

&&

TERRYS
Local 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

&&

DLF
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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.

&&

DLS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 9:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJefferson58 min
Jun 23, 9:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLouisa17 days
Jun 23, 9:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNDes Moines, Louisa18 days
Jun 23, 9:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJefferson51 min
Jun 23, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson43 min
Jun 24, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNMuscatine, Scott41 min
Jun 24, 4:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Scott9 hr
Jun 24, 6:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNClinton, Scott6 hr
Jun 24, 7:02 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNCedar, Muscatine, Scott6 hr
Jun 24, 9:50 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNCedar, Iowa, Johnson, Muscatine6 hr
Jun 24, 10:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNCedar, Louisa, Muscatine10 days
Jun 24, 10:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLouisa11 days
Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNDubuque8 days
Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNDubuque, Jackson8 days
Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNClinton8 days
Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNClinton, Scott10 days
Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNMuscatine, Scott13 days
Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNMuscatine14 days
Jun 24, 11:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLouisa, Muscatine15 days
Jun 24, 12:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNScott57 min
Jun 24, 1:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNIowa, Keokuk27 min
Jun 24, 1:29 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Johnson, Jones, Linn, Scott12 hr
Jun 24, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNIowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington52 min
Jun 24, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson, Keokuk, Lee, Van Buren, Washington50 min
Jun 24, 2:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBenton, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn, Washington51 min
Jun 24, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNLee, Van Buren46 min
Jun 24, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNIowa, Johnson, Linn25 min
Jun 24, 2:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry, Jefferson, Johnson, Lee, Louisa and 3 more48 min
Jun 24, 2:42 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry, Louisa, Washington33 min
Jun 24, 2:52 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNCedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn23 min
Jun 24, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Clinton, Des Moines, Lee, Louisa, Muscatine and 1 more38 min
Jun 24, 3:14 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNCedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones46 min
Jun 24, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMuscatine, Scott25 min
Jun 24, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Scott40 min
Jun 24, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Jackson45 min
Jun 24, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNClinton, Scott40 min
Jun 24, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Jackson45 min
Jun 24, 10:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNStephenson10 days
Jun 24, 10:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNHenry, Rock Island, Whiteside15 days
Jun 24, 10:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNHenry, Rock Island12 days
Jun 24, 2:51 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNHenry3 days
Jun 24, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNHenry, Rock Island, Whiteside43 min
Jun 24, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau, Henry, Whiteside28 min
Jun 24, 4:09 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNBureau, Henry36 min
Jun 24, 4:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBureau, Henry, Putnam46 min
Jun 24, 4:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBureau24 min

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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.