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River Flood Warning 84, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 12, 2013Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 12, 2013, 10:37 AM CDT for Scott County, Iowa; Rock Island County, Illinois. It took effect at May 14, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2013, 10:37 AM CDT (15:37 UTC)
In effect from: May 14, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 16, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 48 hr
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

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 15:35 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 May 12, 3:37 AM CDT, 7 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:37 AM CDT, 7 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 4:53 AM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
453 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2013

IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-131000-
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-
453 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 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

TONIGHT TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO FALL INTO THE LOWER 30S AS A
COLD AIR MASS REMAINS OVER THE AREA. THIS COULD RESULT IN ANOTHER
NIGHT OF PATCHY FROST...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 80.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY AND CONTINUING THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS
RETURN TO THE FORECAST DURING AND ACTIVE PERIOD IN THE WEATHER.
THE GREATEST CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IS WEDNESDAY NIGHT...
THURSDAY NIGHT... AND THEN AGAIN SATURDAY. AT THIS TIME SEVERE
STORMS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 12, 3:27 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	DVN	Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones and 2 more	16 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2013 River Flood Warnings in Illinois, 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.