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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 29, 2014, 10:01 PM CDT for 6 counties in Iowa. It was in force for 6 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2014, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2014, 4:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Benton County, IA, Buchanan County, IA, Delaware County, IA, Dubuque County, IA, Jones County, IA, Linn County, IA
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 10:57 PM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.88 | Wsw Urbana, IA | 1-HOUR RAINFALL |
| Jun 29, 11:27 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Wsw Urbana, IA | WATER FLOWING OVER RICHLAND AVENUE AND NEARBY DRIVEWAYS. |
| Jun 30, 1:00 AM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Langworthy, IA | TOWN EVACUATED. |
| Jun 30, 1:57 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.64 | Urbana, IA | |
| Jun 30, 1:57 AM CDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.64 | Urbana, IA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1816 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -89 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
597
WGUS53 KDVN 300301
FFWDVN
IAC011-019-055-061-105-113-300900-
/O.NEW.KDVN.FF.W.0009.140630T0301Z-140630T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1001 PM CDT SUN JUN 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF VINTON...
NORTHERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
NORTHERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE...
SOUTHERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANCHESTER...
SOUTHWESTERN DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...
* UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY.
* AT 951 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING FROM CONTINUED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO BRANDON...
WINTHROP...ROWLEY...QUASQUETON...JESUP...RYAN...MASONVILLE...
HOPKINTON...EARLVILLE...DELHI...DELAWARE...WORTHINGTON...FARLEY AND
DYERSVILLE.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN OR MORE HAS
FALLEN SO FAR THROUGH 10 PM...FROM MOUNT AUBURN AND QUASQUETON...TO
WALKER AND RYAN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR TWO ARE
POSSIBLE THROUGH MIDNIGHT ACROSS THESE AREAS...AND POINTS EAST.
EXPECT WATER FLOWING OVER ROADS FROM RAIN FILLED DITCHES...AND QUICK
RISES ON CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE WAPSIPINICON AND CEDAR RIVER
BASINS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.
&&
LAT...LON 4230 9229 4230 9207 4246 9207 4247 9208
4250 9209 4253 9098 4214 9097 4214 9230
$$
RP KINNEY2 follow-up statements
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WGUS73 KDVN 300520
FFSDVN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1220 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
IAC011-019-055-061-105-113-300900-
/O.CON.KDVN.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140630T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINN IA-DUBUQUE IA-DELAWARE IA-BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-JONES IA-
1220 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT FOR
NORTHERN JONES...SOUTHERN BUCHANAN...NORTHERN BENTON...SOUTHERN
DELAWARE...SOUTHWESTERN DUBUQUE AND NORTHERN LINN COUNTIES...
AT 1216 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
CONTINUING TO DEVELOP. TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED WATER FLOWING
OVER SOME ROADS IN URBANA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WAUBEEK...
CENTRAL CITY...CENTER POINT...ALBURNETT...VINTON...GARRISON AND
LANGWORTHY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.
FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS.
DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. MOST FATALITIES OCCUR IN VEHICLES
SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN
IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.
&&
LAT...LON 4230 9229 4230 9207 4246 9207 4247 9208
4250 9209 4253 9098 4214 9097 4214 9230
$$
HAASE523
WGUS73 KDVN 300832
FFSDVN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
332 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
IAC011-019-055-061-105-113-300840-
/O.CAN.KDVN.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-140630T0900Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINN IA-DUBUQUE IA-DELAWARE IA-BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-JONES IA-
332 AM CDT MON JUN 30 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN JONES...
SOUTHERN BUCHANAN...NORTHERN BENTON...SOUTHERN DELAWARE...
SOUTHWESTERN DUBUQUE AND NORTHERN LINN COUNTIES...
RAINFALL HAS ENDED BUT RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS MORNING AND AN
AREAL FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED UNTIL 930 AM.
LAT...LON 4230 9229 4230 9207 4246 9207 4247 9208
4250 9209 4253 9098 4214 9097 4214 9230
$$
HAASEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Linn | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 37 min |
| Jun 29, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Jackson, Jones | 29 min |
| Jun 29, 10:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Jones, Linn | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones, Linn | 50 min |
| Jun 29, 11:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more | 26 hr |
| Jun 29, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Linn and 2 more | 45 min |
| Jun 29, 11:51 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Scott | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton | 45 min |
| Jun 30, 12:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Johnson, Linn | 7 days |
| Jun 30, 12:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Lee | 4 days |
| Jun 30, 1:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Jones, Linn | 8 days |
| Jun 30, 1:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Muscatine, Scott | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Delaware, Jones | 4 days |
| Jun 30, 2:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Jackson | 5 days |
| Jun 30, 2:28 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Linn | 4 days |
| Jun 30, 3:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:31 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Jones, Linn | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:34 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:39 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Scott | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:03 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | DVN | Scott | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 5:49 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Linn | 6 days |
| Jun 30, 8:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Des Moines | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 12:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Washington | 10 days |
| Jun 30, 12:05 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | DVN | Johnson, Louisa, Washington | 21 days |
| Jun 30, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton | 54 min |
| Jun 30, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Iowa | 61 min |
| Jun 30, 2:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DVN | Benton | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan | 24 min |
| Jun 30, 2:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Keokuk | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 2:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Linn | 37 min |
| Jun 30, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 44 min |
| Jun 30, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Johnson | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 2:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more | 66 min |
| Jun 30, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Jones, Muscatine, Scott | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 3:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Johnson, Jones, Linn | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson | 42 min |
| Jun 30, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Scott | 46 min |
| Jun 30, 3:53 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Keokuk, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Scott | 52 min |
| Jun 30, 4:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Scott | 6 hr |
| Jun 30, 6:02 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque | 6 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.