A small cluster of showers and thunderstorms moved eastward across Benton and Iowa counties during the early morning hours of June 10 producing dime-size hail in Belle Plaine, IA and wind damage in Victor, IA.
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A small cluster of showers and thunderstorms moved eastward across Benton and Iowa counties during the early morning hours of June 10 producing dime-size hail in Belle Plaine, IA and wind damage in Victor, IA.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 9, 8:18 PM CST, 4 hours 11 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 918 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2008 .UPDATE... A QUICK UPDATE TO THE FORECAST FOR RADAR TRENDS...WITH ANOTHER EXPECTED HERE IN A COUPLE HOURS AS THE PRECIPITATION ENDS FOR THE FORECAST AREA. THE CONVECTION CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN IOWA SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN ITSELF FOR MORE THAN A FEW MORE HOURS AS CONDITIONS ARE NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THE TYPE OF NOCTURNAL CONVECTION THAT WE HAVE BEEN SEEING THE LAST FEW NIGHTS. HOWEVER...MID LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND INSTABILITY MAY KEEP THESE STORMS GOING LONG ENOUGH FOR A FEW OF THEM TO GET INTO THE WESTERN IOWA COUNTIES LATE TONIGHT. HAVE LEFT FORECAST AFTER MIDNIGHT ALONE FOR NOW...AND WILL MONITOR RADAR TRENDS BEFORE CHANGING IT. .AVIATION... THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WE HAD EARLIER THIS EVENING ARE SLOWLY DISSIPATING...AND WE SHOULD HAVE A DRY...VFR FORECAST IN THE TAFS FOR AFTER 04Z. FOG DEVELOPMENT IS NOT EXPECTED AT MOST LOCATIONS AS DRY AIR CONTINUES TO FILTER IN FROM THE NORTHWEST AND DEWPOINTS DROP INTO THE MID 50S. ..LE.. .HYDROLOGY... VERY BUSY TODAY...HYDRO-WISE. RECORD TO NEAR RECORD FLOODING IS EXPECTED AT MANY LOCATIONS IN OUR REGION...THE LATEST OF WHICH IS THE IOWA RIVER IN THE IOWA CITY AREA. FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF OUR RIVERS IN EASTERN IA...AND NORTHWESTERN IL. IN MOST LOCATIONS...AT LEAST MODERATE FLOODING IS EXPECTED. ONE RELATED CONCERN IS THE FORECAST ACCURACY WITH RECORD OR NEAR RECORD FLOODING. SINCE WE USE STAGE-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIPS TO FORECAST THE RIVERS...THESE RELATIONSHIPS BECOME UNCERTAIN AT HIGH STAGES BECAUSE...BY DEFINITION...THESE STAGES HAVE EITHER NEVER BEEN SEEN OR HAVE NOT BEEN SEEN IN A LONG TIME. WE ARE WORKING WITH THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...AND THE U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS...TO COLLABORATE ON THESE STAGE-DISCHARGE RELATIONSHIPS. MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED LATER THIS WEEK. IF THIS RAIN MATERIALIZES THEN IT WOULD EITHER ADD TO THE CREST...OR PROLONG THE FLOODING. ..JAZ.. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. &&
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 457 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-101000- 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- 457 AM CDT MON JUN 9 2008 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 NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. MINOR TO MAJOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND MANY EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS TRIBUTARY RIVERS. DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENT PRODUCT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HAASE
IAZ040-041-051-052-100545-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1207 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE VINTON AND INDEPENDENCE AREAS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN IOWA
DELAWARE...BUCHANAN...BENTON AND LINN
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
AURORA...BRANDON...CENTER POINT...COGGON...DUNDEE...GARRISON...
HAZLETON...INDEPENDENCE...LAMONT...MASONVILLE...MOUNT AUBURN...
QUASQUETON...ROWLEY...SHELLSBURG...TROY MILLS...URBANA...
VINTON...WALKER AND WINTHROP
AT 1202 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN
AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES EAST OF
HAZLETON TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRANDON TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
GARRISON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
OELWEIN TO 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF VINTON TO 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
VINTON...MOVING EAST AT 24 MPH.
THESE STORMS ARE LIKELY TO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH IN
DIAMETER...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH.
DUE TO THE ALREADY SATURATED CONDITION OF LOCAL SOILS...RAIN WITH
THESE STORMS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LEIAZ040>042-051>053-100645-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1253 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
...STRONG STORMS MOVING INTO CEDAR RAPIDS...MANCHESTER...ANAMOSA...
AND DYERSVILLE AREAS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A SPECIAL
WEATHER STATEMENT EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...
IN IOWA
DUBUQUE...DELAWARE...BUCHANAN...JONES...BENTON AND LINN
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ALBURNETT...ANAMOSA...ATKINS...BANKSTON...BERTRAM...
BLAIRSTOWN...CASCADE...CEDAR RAPIDS...CENTRAL CITY...COGGON...
DELAWARE...DELHI...DYERSVILLE...EARLVILLE...ELY...EPWORTH...
FAIRFAX...FARLEY...HIAWATHA...HOPKINTON...LANGWORTHY...LISBON...
MANCHESTER...MARION...MARTELLE...MONTICELLO...MOUNT VERNON...
NEWHALL...NORWAY...PALO...PARIS...PRAIRIEBURG...ROBINS...RYAN...
SPRINGVILLE...STONE CITY...TODDVILLE...VIOLA...WALFORD...
WAUBEEK...WHITTIER AND WORTHINGTON
AT 1248 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
MANCHESTER TO PARIS TO 2 MILES SOUTH OF BLAIRSTOWN...OR ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANCHESTER TO 17 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ANAMOSA TO 5 MILES NORTH OF MARENGO...MOVING EAST AT 29 MPH.
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL TO A HALF INCH IN
DIAMETER...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH.
DUE TO THE ALREADY SATURATED CONDITION OF LOCAL SOILS...RAIN WITH
THESE STORMS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.
LEPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
126 AM CDT TUE JUN 10 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0120 AM HAIL 1 SSE CEDAR RAPIDS 41.95N 91.66W
06/10/2008 M0.25 INCH LINN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER REPORTS PEA SIZE HAIL NEAR CEDAR RAPIDS.
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JH2The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 122 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:30 UTC.
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Pea to dime-size hail fell in Belle Plaine, IA at 1:29 am June 10. The hail nearly covered the ground.
Wind gusts estimated to be 60 mph blew down several branches in Victor, IA at 1:37 am June 10. Pea-sized hail was also observed.
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