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River Flood Watch 71, NWS Quad Cities, IA

July 21, 2017Jackson County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood watch at Jul 21, 2017, 2:56 PM CDT for Jackson County, Iowa. It took effect at Jul 22, 2017, 10:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2017, 2:56 PM CDT (19:56 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 22, 2017, 10:45 AM CDT
Expired
Jul 25, 2017, 8:34 PM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Jackson County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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 Maquoketa River near Maquoketa (MAQI4). The gauge peaked at 22.29 ft at Jul 22, 2017, 5:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
23 ft
Minor stage
24 ft
Moderate stage
26 ft
Major stage
28.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05418500, 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 watch 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 watch went out at Jul 21, 1:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 1:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
110 PM CDT Fri Jul 21 2017

.UPDATE...
Issued at 1243 PM CDT Fri Jul 21 2017

With ongoing slightly elevated showers/storms moving along the
IA/MN border region and points south to the IL/WI border, this
activity retarding main warm front retreat to the north. Also
enhanced boundary/gradient setting up from northwestern
IA...southeastward to the I80 corridor east of the Quad Cities.
Expect new thunderstorm development along and north of this
quasi-stationary boundary later this afternoon and evening, with
more shear than the past few days and ongoing plenty of CAPE feed
to support severe storms and heavy rain. New convection already
taking off near Sioux City may be our storms by early this
evening. Thus new SPC day 1 enhanced area looks on target. Bowing
segments with damaging winds, meso-vortice tornadoes or even
tornado with a supercell on a boundary all possible.

After the evening convective systems blow through, some concern
south to southwesterly LLJ may impinge on remnant outflow
boundaries or the main front itself, inducing more elevated
convection that moves along the same path(train along). This would
be from late evening and into the overnight, and may occur acrs
much of the area that got heavy rain of 1 to 2 inches last night
further west along and north of I80 out to the western fringe of
the DVN CWA. With high PWAT feed of 2 inches plus, will seriously
consider expanding the Flash Flood Watch west and south, possibly
down to I80/north half of the DVN CWA.    ..12..

&&

.SYNOPSIS...
Issued at 355 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2017

06Z surface data has the effective boundary running from central
Indiana, across northeast Missouri, and into eastern Nebraska. Dew
points were in the 60s from the Great Lakes into the upper Midwest
with 70s across the remainder of the area.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(Today and Tonight)
ISSUED AT 355 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2017

The current headlines will remain as is. The risk for heavy rainfall
may have shifted north tonight.

Through sunrise, the second of two organized thunderstorm complexes
will move east through the area and slowly decay. The heaviest
rainfall looks to be in the I-80 corridor east of the Quad Cities.

A secondary concern through sunrise are the radar returns developing
across central and western Iowa. Some of these returns are the wind
farms. Other returns are legit showers and some thunderstorms. These
storms are developing in ascent across the boundary with the
stronger return flow aloft. These showers/storms look to impact the
far west areas around sunrise.

During the daylight hours cloud cover will slowly break up during
the late morning hours. Sunshine by mid day and into the afternoon
will result in the hot and humid conditions continuing. There are
questions as to how far north the boundary will get during the day.

Tonight, another muggy night is in store for the area. The models
have pushed the heavy rain risk further north based on the idea that
the boundary will move well north during the daylight hours. If the
boundary is further south than what the models currently indicate,
then the heavy rain risk would potentially be across Iowa/Illinois
instead of Minnesota/Wisconsin.

.LONG TERM...(Saturday through Thursday)
ISSUED AT 355 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2017

.LONG TERM...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

Heat and humidity will continue across much of the area on Saturday.
Organized thunderstorm complexes that develop Friday night will be
in a decaying mode Saturday morning. Boundaries left over from that
storm complex will then become the focus for diurnal convection
Saturday afternoon. An approaching cold front will move through the
area late Saturday afternoon and evening which should allow an
increase in the areal coverage of showers and storms.

Late Saturday night through Sunday night mainly dry conditions are
expected across the area as the next high pressure starts building
into the Midwest. The lower dew point air will lag behind the cold
front but will begin moving into the area in earnest Sunday night.
Temperatures should average above normal on Sunday.

Monday on...

Brief pattern change Monday through Wednesday with the flow aloft
coming from the northwest. Said pattern change will result in lower
humidity levels and temperatures close to normal.

Wednesday night/Thursday...return flow will start bringing moisture
back into the area along with the potential for more storms. The
higher dew points will start arriving on Thursday. As a result, the
model consensus has slight chance to chance pops both Wednesday
night and Thursday. Temperatures will average above normal.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Saturday Afternoon)
ISSUED AT 1243 PM CDT Fri Jul 21 2017

Incoming rounds of thunderstorms to be large impacts at most TAF
sites except maybe the BRL terminal, from late afternoon and into
mid evening with the first strong wave. Then additional storms
may fire and move along the same areas later tonight and into
early Sat morning before moving off to the east. MVFR to IFR
conditions withe the heavier bouts of storms, and concern with
sudden strong gusty winds associated with them from the west or
northwest. Heavy rain reduced VSBYS and lowered CIGs as well with
passing strong storms. Outflow boundaries will make for
challenging wind direction fcsts, plenty of variable changes
through the evening. Will leave BRL out of the mess for now, but
can't totally rule out even this southern site form getting
impacted by storms this evening and overnight. Better conditions
coming post-frontally as Saturday progresses.   ..12..

&&

.HYDROLOGY...
Issued at 355 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2017

Recent heavy rain in the Rock and Pecatonica River basins is
resulting in significant rises, with at least minor to moderate
flooding expected to continue into early next week. There is
potential for additional heavy rain tonight over portions of
southern Wisconsin into northern Illinois. If widespread heavy
rainfall materializes, forecast crests could be adjusted higher,
possibly into the major category at most or all forecast points.

&&

.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Saturday for Benton-Clinton-Jones-
     Linn.

     Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM CDT Saturday for Cedar-Des
     Moines-Henry IA-Iowa-Jefferson-Johnson-Keokuk-Lee-Louisa-
     Muscatine-Scott-Van Buren-Washington.

IL...Heat Advisory until 8 PM CDT Saturday for Bureau-Putnam-
     Whiteside.

     Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM CDT Saturday for Hancock-
     Henderson-Henry IL-McDonough-Mercer-Rock Island-Warren.

     Flash Flood Watch from 4 PM CDT this afternoon through Saturday
     morning for Carroll-Jo Daviess-Stephenson.

MO...Excessive Heat Warning until 8 PM CDT Saturday for Clark-
     Scotland.

&&

UPDATE...12
SYNOPSIS...08
SHORT TERM...08
LONG TERM...08
AVIATION...12
HYDROLOGY...RP Kinney
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 21, 11:35 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
1135 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2017

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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-
1135 AM CDT Fri Jul 21 2017

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...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

Thunderstorms are expected to redevelop this afternoon and spread
east and south through the afternoon and evening. The environment
is conducive for severe weather with damaging winds, tornadoes,
flash flooding and large hail as the main threats. A few supercell
thunderstorms are possible before a bow echo develops this
evening. Some of these storms could be fast moving. Later tonight,
storms are expected to be slow moving and could cause flash
flooding.

The Rock and Pecatonica rivers are experiencing flooding. Please
see the latest Flood Statements and Flood Warnings for details.

Hot and humid weather will continue today, with afternoon heat
indices up to 110 degrees south of Highway 30. Excessive heat
warnings and heat advisories are in effect for most of the outlook
area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

Additional rounds of thunderstorms are possible Saturday and
Sunday. Severe weather is possible, but confidence on timing and
favored locations remains low. If severe storms do occur, the main
threats would be damaging winds and flash flooding.

Hot and muggy conditions will continue Saturday, with afternoon
heat indices up to 110 degrees south of Highway 30.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is likely this afternoon through the early
morning hours.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 8:59 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 21, 10:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1003 AM CDT FRI JUL 21 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0749 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NW DAVENPORT          41.56N 90.61W
07/21/2017  M2.02 INCH       SCOTT              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            EVENT TOTAL

1029 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DAVENPORT MUNICIPAL AIR 41.62N 90.58W
07/20/2017                   SCOTT              IA   PUBLIC

            STRONG WINDS DAMAGED METAL BUILDING

0830 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NNW NORTH LIBERTY     41.76N 91.62W
07/21/2017  M1.43 INCH       JOHNSON            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL

0740 AM     HEAVY RAIN       WSW QUASQUETON          42.39N 91.76W
07/21/2017  M1.41 INCH       BUCHANAN           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL

0915 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 W BETTENDORF          41.56N 90.49W
07/21/2017  M0.99 INCH       SCOTT              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL

0900 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 W MOUNT PLEASANT      40.97N 91.63W
07/21/2017  M2.43 INCH       HENRY              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL FROM LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING

0710 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W MOUNT PLEASANT      40.97N 91.63W
07/20/2017                   HENRY              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DELAYED REPORT - TIME ESTIMATED - STRONG WINDS DOWNED
            TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

&&

TES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDes Moines, Henry40 min
Jul 20, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson53 min
Jul 20, 7:56 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson6 hr
Jul 20, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson46 min
Jul 20, 8:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNLouisa, Muscatine31 min
Jul 20, 8:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNHenry, Jefferson, Louisa, Muscatine, Washington6 hr
Jul 20, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNMuscatine, Scott46 min
Jul 20, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNJefferson, Keokuk, Washington30 min
Jul 20, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Scott45 min
Jul 20, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNClinton, Scott35 min
Jul 20, 11:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBenton, Iowa, Keokuk27 min
Jul 21, 12:40 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNCedar, Johnson, Muscatine65 min
Jul 21, 1:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNScott63 min
Jul 21, 5:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBuchanan, Cedar, Jones, Linn65 min
Jul 21, 2:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNDelaware, Jones67 hr
Jul 21, 2:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchDVNBuchanan, Linn5 days
Jul 21, 3:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNIowa, Johnson, Washington54 min
Jul 21, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNIowa, Johnson66 min
Jul 21, 4:49 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNJohnson56 min
Jul 21, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNCedar, Jones, Linn59 min
Jul 21, 5:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNCedar, Johnson, Jones, Linn6 hr
Jul 21, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNDubuque37 min
Jul 21, 5:39 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNCedar, Johnson, Muscatine51 min
Jul 21, 6:10 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMuscatine50 min
Jul 21, 6:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNClinton, Scott55 min
Jul 21, 12:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNPutnam31 min
Jul 21, 2:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBureau, Henry65 min
Jul 21, 5:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNStephenson40 min
Jul 21, 6:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNStephenson45 min
Jul 21, 6:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNHenry, Mercer64 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.