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River Flood Warning 134, NWS Quad Cities, IA

May 24, 2019Delaware County, Jones County, Iowa

NWS Quad Cities, IA issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2019, 2:42 PM CDT for Delaware County, Jones County, Iowa. It took effect at May 24, 2019, 6:17 PM CDT. It was in force for 26 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2019, 2:42 PM CDT (19:42 UTC)
In effect from
May 24, 2019, 6:17 PM CDT
Expired
May 25, 2019, 7:55 PM CDT
In force
26 hr
Issued by
NWS Quad Cities, IA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Delaware County, IA, Jones County, IA

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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 at Manchester Hwy 20 (MCHI4). The gauge peaked at 12.23 ft at May 25, 2019, 12:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
17 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05416900, 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 May 24, 1:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 1:21 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 24, 4:07 AM CDT, 10 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Quad Cities IA IL
407 AM CDT Fri May 24 2019

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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-
407 AM CDT Fri May 24 2019

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

Thunderstorms this morning will produce a lightning threat, and
additional rainfall will prime soils for flash flooding and add
further to rises on area rivers.

Redeveloping thunderstorms this afternoon will pose both a severe
weather and flash flood threat. Damaging winds, large hail,
tornadoes, lightning and flash flooding are all hazards expected
today over the entire area, which is included in a slight risk for
severe weather by SPC and a slight-moderate risk for heavy rain
by WPC.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

The active weather pattern is forecast to continue until
Thursday. Rain chances exist each day which will add to river
flooding issues. If conditions set up right, flash flooding will
also be a threat in this time frame.

A slight-moderate risk of heavy rain is forecast Saturday into
early Sunday mainly along and south of I-80. The flash flood watch
may need to be extended to account for this.

Likewise, severe weather is possible Saturday and again Monday
and Tuesday, but it is too early to provide details as to specific
timing and hazards.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
Spotter activation and amateur radio activation may be needed this
afternoon and evening.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 24, 12:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 24, 12:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1259 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2019

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

0920 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 WSW DELAWARE          42.46N 91.40W
05/24/2019                   DELAWARE           IA   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FISH HATCHERY ROAD WASHED OUT AND 195TH ST
            AND 216 AVE CLOSED. ROADS WILL BE CLOSED
            THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

&&

GROSS
Local storm report, May 24, 1:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
102 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2019

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

1233 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 NW INDUSTRY           40.35N 90.64W
05/24/2019                   MCDONOUGH          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            A HOME DAMAGED WITH DEBRIS BLOWN ACROSS THE
            FIELD ONTO HIGHWAY 67. POWER POLES WERE
            LEANING OVER. BETWEEN ROAD 700 AND 500.
            POSSIBLE TORNADO. TIME WAS ESTIMATED USING
            RADAR.

&&

DC
Local storm report, May 24, 1:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
107 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2019

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

1249 PM     TORNADO          3 SE ADAIR              40.38N 90.46W
05/24/2019                   MCDONOUGH          IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SPOTTER REPORTED CONE TORNADO. TIME
            ESTIMATED BY RADAR.

&&

RP KINNEY
Local storm report, May 24, 1:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
112 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2019

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

1232 PM     TSTM WND DMG     INDUSTRY                40.33N 90.61W
05/24/2019                   MCDONOUGH          IL   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED POWER OUT ON THE
            NORTH SIDE OF INDUSTRY. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

DC
Local storm report, May 24, 1:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
115 PM CDT FRI MAY 24 2019

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

1217 PM     TSTM WND DMG     6 MILES SOUTH OF COLCHE 40.38N 90.79W
05/24/2019                   MCDONOUGH          IL   AMATEUR RADIO

            AMATEUR RADIO REPORTED RESIDENCE WITH 6
            HEALTHY TREES LOST. POSSIBLE TORNADO.

&&

DC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLinn32 min
May 24, 3:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchDVNBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines and 15 more23 hr
May 24, 4:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNScott27 min
May 24, 7:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBenton, Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 9 more64 min
May 24, 7:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNBenton, Cedar, Des Moines, Henry, Iowa, Jefferson and 9 more29 min
May 24, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNBenton, Buchanan, Linn38 min
May 24, 8:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNCedar, Des Moines, Henry, Johnson, Linn, Louisa and 2 more49 min
May 24, 8:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNJohnson, Linn33 min
May 24, 9:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNDelaware6 hr
May 24, 9:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNCedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry and 6 more46 min
May 24, 9:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLee39 min
May 24, 9:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLee38 min
May 24, 10:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLinn5 days
May 24, 10:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNCedar, Johnson, Linn6 days
May 24, 10:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNCedar, Johnson6 days
May 24, 10:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNJohnson, Louisa, Washington9 days
May 24, 10:05 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLouisa5 days
May 24, 10:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLee33 min
May 24, 10:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNLee32 min
May 24, 10:45 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNLee41 days
May 24, 10:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNLee30 min
May 24, 2:42 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNCedar, Jones, Linn5 days
May 24, 6:18 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNIowa, Johnson, Keokuk, Washington42 min
May 24, 6:52 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedDVNCedar, Johnson, Muscatine53 min
May 24, 9:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNCarroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Mercer, Rock Island and 3 more48 min
May 24, 10:21 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningDVNWhiteside7 days
May 24, 11:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementDVNHancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren44 min
May 24, 11:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNHancock, Henderson3 hr
May 24, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WarningDVNHancock, McDonough30 min
May 24, 12:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDVNMcDonough10 min
May 24, 12:19 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMcDonough26 min
May 24, 12:40 PM CDTTornado WarningDVNMcDonough35 min
May 24, 12:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningDVNMcDonough2 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.