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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 30, 2016Buchanan County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2016, 11:05 PM CDT for Buchanan County, Iowa. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2016, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Buchanan County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 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 nearest sounding before it

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 585 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2016-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
585 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2013 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

983 
WGUS53 KDVN 310405
FFWDVN
IAC019-310800-
/O.NEW.KDVN.FF.W.0002.160531T0405Z-160531T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1105 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN IOWA...

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT
            
* AT 1102 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
  HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2
  TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ALREADY. FLASH FLOODING IS
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  INDEPENDENCE...JESUP...FAIRBANK...HAZLETON...LAMONT...AURORA...STANLEY...
  FONTANA PARK...LITTLETON...INDEPENDENCE AIRPORT...BUCHANAN COUNTY
  FAIRGROUNDS...FONTANA COUNTY PARK...JAKWAY PARK...WAPSIPINICON GOLF
  COURSE AND OTTERVILLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

&&

LAT...LON 4259 9161 4230 9206 4247 9206 4247 9208
      4264 9208 4264 9161

$$

RP KINNEY
1 follow-up statement
686 
WGUS73 KDVN 310549
FFSDVN

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1249 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

IAC019-310558-
/O.CAN.KDVN.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160531T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCHANAN IA-
1249 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. PLEASE
RELAY ANY WATER RELATED PROBLEMS AND IMPACTS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES IF
POSSIBLE.

LAT...LON 4259 9161 4230 9206 4247 9206 4247 9208
      4264 9208 4264 9161

$$

ERVIN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBuchanan46 min
May 30, 8:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNCedar40 min
May 30, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBenton, Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, Linn61 min
May 30, 8:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Jones, Linn32 min
May 30, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBuchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn61 min
May 30, 10:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBuchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones64 min
May 30, 11:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBuchanan, Delaware, Dubuque66 min
May 31, 10:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNClinton39 min
May 31, 10:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Jackson35 min
May 31, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBenton, Iowa, Keokuk55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.