Heavy rain-producing showers and thunderstorms moved across parts of southeast Iowa, northeast Missouri, and western Illinois during the late evening of June 14 and early morning of June 15. This additional heavy rain fell only a day to two days after the area received heavy rains of 4 to 8 inches.
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Heavy rain-producing showers and thunderstorms moved across parts of southeast Iowa, northeast Missouri, and western Illinois during the late evening of June 14 and early morning of June 15. This additional heavy rain fell only a day to two days after the area received heavy rains of 4 to 8 inches. Flash flooding and flooding resulted yet again across the affected areas.
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 14, 2:05 PM CST, 9 hours 50 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
305 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
SURFACE ANALYSIS AT 2 PM SHOWS SURFACE LOW IN NE KANSAS WITH INVERTED
TROUGH TO PARENT LOW NEAR SIOUX CENTER IA WHERE ONGOING CONVECTION IS
OCCURRING JUST NORTH. PRESSURE RISE AND FALL COUPLETS SUPPORT RENEWED
CONVECTION TO FIRE SHORTLY AS CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER
80S. THIS NEXT ROUND OF NEW CONVECTION TO FIRE ALONG MISSOURI RIVER
BASIN INTO NW/NC MISSOURI BETWEEN 3-5 PM. UPPER AIR ANALYSIS
SUPPORTS MORE OF A PROGRESSIVE SYSTEM WITH MODERATE TO LOWER END
HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF .5-1.5 INCHES. ALL NOWCAST TOOLS ALSO
SUGGEST RISK OF LOWER END SEVERE TO STRONG STORMS THIS EVENING OVER
SOUTH 1/3 OR SO OF AREA. GUSTY WINDS OF OVER 40 MPH MAY OCCUR OVER
NORTHERN 2/3 AREA DUE TO STRONG PRESSURE GRADIENT AND SOME INTERNAL
GRAVITY WAVE POTENTIAL.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY...
TONIGHT...CATEGORICAL POPS ALL THE REGION WITH NEXT ROUND OF
CONVECTION TO FIRE AND/OR PROPAGATE INTO WEST SECTIONS OF THE AREA
BETWEEN 6 AND 10 PM. HEAVIEST RAINFALL SHOULD SLIDE EAST BY 6 AM.
HEAVY RAINFALL OF 3 TO LOCALLY NEAR 7 INCHES OVER SOUTH SECTION
LAST NIGHT SUPPORT KEEPING FLASH FLOOD WATCH INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.
LOCAL TOOLS DESPITE PROGRESSIVE NATURE OF SYSTEM DO SUGGEST SOME
LIMITED WARM ADVECTION WING CONVECTION OVER SOUTH SECTIONS THAT
COULD ALLOW FOR LOCALIZED HEAVIER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO POSSIBLY NEAR 3
INCHES. ANY HEAVIER RAINFALL TOTALS OVER LAST NIGHT/S 3 PLUS INCH
AMOUNTS SUPPORT RISK OF SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING THAT WILL NEED
CLOSE MONITORING AND EVEN MORE RAPID RISES AND HIGHER CRESTS ON
AREA RIVERS. MINS TONIGHT SHOULD BE IN THE UPPER 50S FAR NE SECTIONS
TO LOWER TO MID 60S CENTRAL AND SOUTH.
WEDNESDAY...MAINLY LINGERING SHOWERS WITH SOME EMBEDDED STORMS
SUGGEST WITH UPPER TROUGH WITH LOTS OF LOW CLOUDS INTO MID TO LATE
DAY. LIMITED FORCING BEHIND COOL FRONT SUGGEST SPOTTY MAINLY LIGHT
TO VERY LIGHT AMOUNTS EXCEPT IN NW ILLINOIS WHERE MODERATE RAIN
AMOUNTS MAY FALL INTO LATE MORNING HOURS. LOCAL TOOLS SUPPORT
CLEARING TO IMPINGE INTO SW 1/3 TO 1/2 AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON
ALLOWING FOR DECENT HIGH TEMPERATURE GRADIENT WITH NEAR 80 DEGREES
IN THE FAR SW AND NEAR 70F IN FAR NE. TIMING OF CLEARING COULD
RESULT IN HIGHS 5 DEGREES HIGHER OR LOWER IF CLEARING IS FASTER OR
SLOWER IN MOST LOCATIONS. ..NICHOLS..
.LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY...
FORECAST FOCUS ON ACTIVE PATTERN WITH POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST 2
SIGNIFICANT EVENTS DURING THE NEXT 7 DAYS. BLEND OF THE ECM/GFS WITH
MORE WEIGHT GIVEN TO THE ECM.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...UPPER TROUGH WILL HAVE MOVED OFF TO
THE EAST ALLOWING FOR SUBSIDENCE AND WEAK HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE
CWA. WILL STAY THE COURSE IN KEEPING IT BRIEFLY DRY BUT A BIT
NERVOUS THAT MODELS HINT AT RETURN FLOW LATE IN THE DAY WITH A
RETURN OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FOR NOW WILL GO MOSTLY SUNNY
WITH MAX TEMPS AROUND 80 GIVEN RESPECT TO THE WET GROUND.
FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT...HERE WE GO AGAIN. EAST-WEST BOUNDARY SETS
UP JUST SOUTH OF THE DVN CWA WITH MODELS SUGGESTING A LARGE MCS TO
IMPACT MUCH OF THE REGION...ESPECIALLY FRIDAY NIGHT. STRONG LOW
LEVEL JET/WARM ADVECTION ATOP THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY ON THE EDGE OF A
STRONG CAP. MODELS ALSO INDICATING STRONG SPEED CONVERGENCE WITH
HIGH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES. LOOKS TO BE A CLASSIC MADDOX FRONTAL
BOUNDARY FLASH FLOOD EVENT WITH POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST SEVERAL
INCHES OF RAINFALL. ENOUGH DEEP LAYER SHEAR TO SUPPORT SEVERE
WEATHER INITIALLY BUT QUICKLY TURNING INTO A SIGNIFICANT HEAVY RAIN
AND FLASH FLOOD SITUATION. THIS SCENARIO WOULD CERTAINLY WORSEN OR
RENEW THE RIVER FLOODING THAT IS ONGOING.
THIS WEEKEND...MODELS HINT THAT WE COULD BE WARM AND CAPPED WITH THE
BULK OF THE CONVECTION TO OUR NORTH. HOWEVER WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE
POPS AS EXACT LOCATION OF THE BOUNDARY AND STRENGTH/LOCATION OF THE
CAP IN QUESTION. MAX TEMPS SHOULD PUSH WELL INTO THE 80S TO ABOUT 90.
MONDAY AND TUESDAY...A VERY WARM AND HUMID DAY EXPECTED AHEAD OF A
STRONG COLD FRONT. SHOULD BE CAPPED ON MONDAY BUT BY TUESDAY
THUNDERSTORMS WILL INCREASE ONCE AGAIN. RATHER IMPRESSIVE STORM
SYSTEM DEPICTED BY THE GFS/ECM TO AFFECT THE MIDWEST. DEPENDING ON
TIMING AND AMOUNT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE.
REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK...IMPRESSIVE TROUGH FOR LATE JUNE DIVES INTO
THE MIDWEST WITH A COUPLE OF DAYS OF CLOUDS...SHOWERS AND BELOW
NORMAL TEMPERATURES. ECM DEPICTS 850 MB TEMPS DROPPING TO +2C OVER
WESTERN IA THURSDAY JUNE 23. THIS MAY BE A BIT TOO COLD BUT EVEN THE
GFS BRINGS +8C TEMPS INTO IOWA. ..HAASE..
&&
.AVIATION...
VFR CONDITIONS TO DETERIORATE ALL TERMINALS TO MVFR TO IFR BETWEEN
00-06Z WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS. CIGS 500 TO
1,500' COMMON UNTIL AT LEAST 15Z WITH GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT TO VFR BY
21Z WITH HIGHER CIGS TO 3K AGL OR CLEARING. VSBYS TO BE REDUCED
TO 1-3 MILES IN RAIN FROM STORMS AND CONVECTIVE COMPLEX ARRIVES
WITH SLOW IMPROVEMENT IN VSBYS AFTER 12Z AS RAIN ENDS. VSBYS AOA 7
MILES ALL TERMINALS BY 18Z WEDNESDAY. STRONGEST STORMS BETWEEN 00
AND 06Z TONIGHT MAY PRODUCE WINDS OF 40 TO 50+ MPH AND SOME HAIL
WITH GREATEST RISK AT BRL TERMINAL. ..NICHOLS..
&&
.HYDROLOGY...
LAST NIGHT/S ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN WERE FOCUSED ON THE LOWER REACHES
OF THE DES MOINES...FOX AND LA MOINE RIVER BASINS WITH WIDESPREAD 3
TO 6 INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS CENTERED FROM CANTRIL TO GREGORY LANDING
AND SUTTER ILLINOIS. THIS RESULTED IN RAPID RISES ON THESE TRIBUTARY
RIVERS EARLY THIS MORNING...AND STAGES CONTINUE TO RISE THIS AFTERNOON.
ALL THESE SITES ARE NOW EXPECTED TO GO INTO MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOOD
WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. THE MORNING FORECASTS WERE BASED ON THE
RUNOFF FROM RECENT HEAVY RAIN...ALONG WITH CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL
QPF FOR TONIGHT IN THE RANGE OF ROUGHLY .5 TO 1.5 INCHES OVER THESE
BASINS. THE CURRENT FORECAST CRESTS MAY BE TOO LOW...OR TOO HIGH...
DEPENDING ON WHERE TONIGHT/S HEAVY RAINFALL SETS UP. FLOODING ON THE DES
MOINES RIVER HAS BEEN AMPLIFIED BY HIGH WATER THAT WAS ALREADY HEADING
DOWNSTREAM INTO THE AREA FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL IN CENTRAL IA. THE
FOX RIVER BASIN APPEARS TO BE HARDEST HIT...AND FORECAST RUNS FROM THIS
MORNING WERE INDICATING A NEAR RECORD CREST NEAR 21.5 FEET LATE THIS
EVENING.
IF TONIGHT/S AXIS OF HEAVY RAIN SETS UP ABOUT 50 TO 100 MILES FURTHER
NORTH...IT WOULD AGGRAVATE ON-GOING FLOODING AT SOME POINTS ALONG THE
SKUNK AND IOWA RIVERS.
LOCAL RUN OFF AND INPUT FROM THE TRIBUTARIES HAS ALSO PUSHED THE
MISSISSIPPI UPWARD...WITH MINOR FLOODING NOW EXPECTED FROM GLADSTONE TO
BURLINGTON AND MODERATE FLOODING AT KEOKUK AND GREGORY LANDING. THE
CREST AT BURLINGTON IS CURRENTLY LIMITED TO JUST BELOW MODERATE FLOOD
CRITERIA OF 16.5 FEET BY THURSDAY MORNING...WHICH MAY NEED TO BE
ADJUSTED UPWARD...DEPENDING ON WHERE RAIN FALLS TONIGHT. ..SHEETS..
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR DES MOINES-
HENRY IA-IOWA-JEFFERSON-KEOKUK-LEE-LOUISA-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.
IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR HANCOCK-
HENDERSON-MCDONOUGH-WARREN.
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR CLARK-SCOTLAND.
&&
NICHOLS/HAASE/SHEETSHAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 230 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-150900- BENTON IA-BUCHANAN IA-BUREAU IL-CARROLL IL-CEDAR IA-CLARK MO-CLINTON IA-DELAWARE IA-DES MOINES IA-DUBUQUE IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-HENRY IA-HENRY IL-IOWA IA-JACKSON IA-JEFFERSON IA-JO DAVIESS IL-JOHNSON IA- JONES IA-KEOKUK IA-LEE IA-LINN IA-LOUISA IA-MCDONOUGH IL-MERCER IL- MUSCATINE IA-PUTNAM IL-ROCK ISLAND IL-SCOTLAND MO-SCOTT IA- STEPHENSON IL-VAN BUREN IA-WARREN IL-WASHINGTON IA-WHITESIDE IL- 230 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 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...TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE...MAINLY IN THE EVENING HOURS...PRODUCING LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND GUSTY WINDS TO NEAR 60 MPH ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR. A POTENTIALLY HIGHER IMPACT WILL BE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO LOCALLY RAINFALL IS LIKELY OVER MOST TO ALL THE OUTLOOK REGION. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN .5 TO 1.5 INCHES SHOULD BE COMMON. SOME LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN BY WEDNESDAY MORNING WITH THE HIGHEST RISK OF HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 34 CORRIDOR. AREAS ALONG AND ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A FAIRFIELD IOWA...TO BURLINGTON IOWA AND TO MACOMB IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS WILL BE PRONE TO RENEWED FLASH FLOODING WITH ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TONIGHT DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOIL. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST IOWA... NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS CONTINUES THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS PLACED AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MARENGO IOWA...TO MUSCATINE...AND TO MONMOUTH ILLINOIS IN A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY MORE ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM FRIDAY THOUGH SUNDAY. IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE THE PROBABILITY FOR SEVERE STORMS DURING THIS PERIOD. BUT MORE OCCURRENCES OF POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE ANY ONGOING RIVER FLOODING SITUATIONS...OR CREATE NEW ONES. FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN THROUGH THE UPCOMING WEEKEND. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I80 CORRIDOR. HEAVY RAINFALL REPORTS AND ANY REPORTS OF FLOODING WOULD BE APPRECIATED. NICHOLS
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 937 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 IAZ063-064-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ034-MOZ009-010-150445- IOWA-JOHNSON-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA- DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-HANCOCK-SCOTLAND-CLARK- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...SIGOURNEY... WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON... KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...CARTHAGE...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA 937 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN... STRONG STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL CAN BE EXPECTED THE REST OF THE EVENING. LOCATIONS THAT SEE REPEAT THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 11 PM...AND POSSIBLE FLOODING. WHERE HEAVY RAINS FEEL LAST NIGHT...THERE IS A HIGH THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING WHEN NEW HEAVY RAINS FALL TONIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. ERVIN
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1108 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1100 PM HAIL 5 E MOUNT PLEASANT 40.96N 91.45W
06/14/2011 E0.88 INCH HENRY IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
ESTIMATED LOCATION OF REPORT. CALLED IN BY DISPATCH
CENTER.
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ERVINPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1140 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1135 PM FLASH FLOOD 6 S SIGOURNEY 41.25N 92.21W
06/14/2011 KEOKUK IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
WATER OVER SEVERAL ROADS. UNKNOWN DEPTH AT THIS TIME.
&&
ERVINThe Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:54 UTC.
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains caused some flash flooding in Oquawka, IL during the early morning of June 15. Flood waters 3 inches deep were flowing over 3rd Street.
Heavy rains lead to some flash flooding in Elvaston, IL during the morning of June 15. The flood water was over 3 feet deep. A home and two vehicles were flooded.
Heavy rains caused some flash flooding in and east of Carthage, IL during the early morning of June 15. Several city streets were closed due to flooding. A portion of Highway 336/Highway 136 was closed due to water flowing over all four lanes near County Road 2500.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2011Every state in 2011This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, June 2011
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 320315, 329193, 320320.