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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA
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.
- 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
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
$$
RP KINNEY1 follow-up statement
686
WGUS73 KDVN 310549
FFSDVN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1249 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
IAC019-310558-
/O.CAN.KDVN.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160531T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BUCHANAN IA-
1249 AM CDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. PLEASE
RELAY ANY WATER RELATED PROBLEMS AND IMPACTS TO LOCAL AUTHORITIES IF
POSSIBLE.
LAT...LON 4259 9161 4230 9206 4247 9206 4247 9208
4264 9208 4264 9161
$$
ERVINThe office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 7:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 46 min |
| May 30, 8:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar | 40 min |
| May 30, 8:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Buchanan, Delaware, Jones, Linn | 61 min |
| May 30, 8:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Cedar, Jones, Linn | 32 min |
| May 30, 9:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jones, Linn | 61 min |
| May 30, 10:26 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones | 64 min |
| May 30, 11:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware, Dubuque | 66 min |
| May 31, 10:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Clinton | 39 min |
| May 31, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Clinton, Jackson | 35 min |
| May 31, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Benton, Iowa, Keokuk | 55 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.