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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Quad Cities, IA
NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this flash flood warning at Jun 14, 2016, 8:24 PM CDT for Jo Daviess County, Illinois; Jackson County, Iowa. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 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 14, 2016, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2016, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Quad Cities, IA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Jackson County, IA, Jo Daviess County, IL
The radar
The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 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 14, 9:36 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 E Springbrook, IA | SEVERAL CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS. |
| Jun 14, 9:36 PM CDT | FLASH FLOOD | Galena, IL | FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN TOWN. |
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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 2459 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 11.2
The text
As transmitted.
161
WGUS53 KDVN 150124
FFWDVN
ILC085-IAC097-150730-
/O.NEW.KDVN.FF.W.0005.160615T0124Z-160615T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
824 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...
* UNTIL 230 AM CDT WEDNESDAY
* AT 823 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAQUOKETA...GALENA...BELLEVUE...STOCKTON...EAST DUBUQUE...WARREN...
HANOVER...ELIZABETH...WOODBINE...ANDREW...SCALES MOUND...
APPLE RIVER...LA MOTTE...MENOMINEE...MONMOUTH...SPRINGBROOK...
COUNCIL HILL...ST. DONATUS...NORA AND ZWINGLE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 4250 8993 4229 8992 4220 9014 4219 9031
4218 9029 4215 9029 4209 9043 4203 9090
4229 9090 4230 9067 4238 9066 4238 9048
4247 9065 4251 9064
$$
GIBBS2 follow-up statements
707
WGUS73 KDVN 150320
FFSDVN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1020 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
ILC085-IAC097-150730-
/O.CON.KDVN.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160615T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JO DAVIESS IL-JACKSON IA-
1020 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY FOR JO DAVIESS AND JACKSON COUNTIES...
AT 1017 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING CONTINUES ACROSS THE AREA. REPORTS OF OVER 4 INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH SEVERAL
CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS AND SOME STREET FLOODING IN GALENA
ILLINOIS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAQUOKETA...GALENA...HURSTVILLE...FULTON...BELLEVUE...EAST DUBUQUE...
STOCKTON...WARREN...COUNCIL HILL...HANOVER...MASSBACH...WOODBINE...
SCHAPVILLE...ELIZABETH...ANDREW...SCALES MOUND...APPLE RIVER...
LA MOTTE...MENOMINEE...SPRINGBROOK...MONMOUTH...CANTON...
ST. DONATUS...NASHVILLE...NORA...ZWINGLE...GREEN ISLAND...BUCKHORN...
GALENA TERRITORY AND AIKEN.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 4250 8993 4229 8992 4220 9014 4219 9031
4218 9029 4215 9029 4209 9043 4203 9090
4229 9090 4230 9067 4238 9066 4238 9048
4247 9065 4251 9064
$$
NICHOLS933
WGUS73 KDVN 150727
FFSDVN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
227 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
IAC097-ILC085-150736-
/O.EXP.KDVN.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160615T0730Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
JO DAVIESS IL-JACKSON IA-
227 AM CDT WED JUN 15 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JO DAVIESS AND JACKSON COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 230 AM CDT...
FLOOD WATERS WERE REPORTED TO BE RECEDING. THE RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE AREA AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 4250 8993 4229 8992 4220 9014 4219 9031
4218 9029 4215 9029 4209 9043 4203 9090
4229 9090 4230 9067 4238 9066 4238 9048
4247 9065 4251 9064
$$
12The office that day
Everything else NWS Quad Cities, IA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Carroll, Stephenson | 58 min |
| Jun 14, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Stephenson | 40 min |
| Jun 14, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Stephenson | 4 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Bureau | 4 hr |
| Jun 14, 7:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Dubuque | 92 min |
| Jun 14, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DVN | Buchanan, Delaware | 62 min |
| Jun 14, 8:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | DVN | Dubuque | 6 hr |
| Jun 14, 8:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Buchanan | 82 min |
| Jun 14, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | DVN | Cedar, Muscatine, Washington | 66 min |
Nearby
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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.