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River Flood Warning 27, NWS Quad Cities, IA

June 24, 2015Iowa County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at Jun 24, 2015, 10:44 AM CDT for Iowa County, Iowa. It took effect at Jun 24, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2015, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 24, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 2, 2015, 3:55 AM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Iowa County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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 Iowa River at Marengo (MROI4). The gauge peaked at 17.08 ft at Jun 25, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 13 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05453100, 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, 6:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 6:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 24, 7:15 AM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
715 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

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-
715 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

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

ELEVATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING
WILL BRING MAINLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN TO THE REGION. HOWEVER A
WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTHWARD THROUGH THE DAY WITH WARM AND MUGGY
AIR FLOODING INTO THE REGION. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR POSSIBLE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUING INTO THE
EVENING HOURS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SCATTERED AT FIRST AND
EVOLVE INTO A LINE OR CLUSTER. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT AND WITH RECENT RAINS
ACROSS THE REGION THERE FLASH FLOODING CONCERNS. WIDESPREAD
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. FLASH
FLOODING IS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY AND A FLASH
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS TIME.

AREA RIVERS CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST
FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS FAR SOUTHEASTERN IOWA...WEST CENTRAL
ILLINOIS...AND FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI.

THE PATTERN WILL REMAIN ACTIVE INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH CHANCES
OF THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY AS WELL AS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. IT
IS TOO EARLY TO TELL WHETHER ANY OF THESE EVENTS WILL BE SEVERE SO
PLEASE STAY TUNED TO FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

DC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 10:03 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1003 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

ILC067-IAC111-MOC045-199-241630-
HANCOCK-LEE-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
1003 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...

AT 9:58 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAD
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN FROM NEAR LA HARPE...ILLINOIS BACK
THROUGH MEMPHIS...MISSOURI. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.

RAINFALL OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES IN AN HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS. PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS
LIKELY. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION IF WATER IS ENCOUNTERED
ACROSS A ROAD.

LAT...LON 4020 9150 4025 9152 4026 9195 4030 9195
      4030 9235 4059 9235 4061 9173 4060 9172
      4061 9133 4064 9126 4064 9091 4020 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 1457Z 240DEG 49KT 4044 9192

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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
Jun 24, 10:44 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Cedar, Louisa, Muscatine	8 days
Jun 24, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Iowa	43 min
Jun 24, 3:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Van Buren	3 days
Jun 24, 3:09 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Lee	4 days
Jun 24, 2:27 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Henry, Rock Island	68 hr
Jun 24, 10:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DVN	Hancock	87 min
Jun 24, 12:43 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	DVN	Clark	4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Iowa, 2015 Every river flood warning in 2015

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.