Heavy rains during the second week of June caused the Fox River to flood Alexandria, MO during the third week of June. Much of the town was under flood waters.
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The episode as NWS DVN wrote it up.
Heavy rains during the second week of June caused the Fox River to flood Alexandria, MO during the third week of June. Much of the town was under flood waters.
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 20, 2:26 AM CST, 5 hours 34 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
326 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
.SYNOPSIS...
SHORTER DISCUSSION DUE TO ONGOING MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM...OR MCC
WITH LOTS OF RAIN...SOME SEVERE. NOWCAST TOOLS SUGGEST LOTS OF
CONVECTION TO CONTINUE INTO AT LEAST THE MID MORNING HOURS. CHALLENGE
WILL BE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES AND INTERACTION WITH MORE CONVECTION IN
NE/KS. UPPER AIR ANALYSIS SHOWS VERY STRONG UPPER LOW IN SW CONUS IS
EVEN A BIT STRONGER THAN SOLUTIONS SHOW WITH POSSIBLE FURTHER DIGGING
OF THIS UPPER LOW INTO PLAINS NEXT 24 HOURS. THIS SUPPORTS DYNAMIC
CONDITIONS WITH POTENTIAL NEAR RECORD COOL MAX TEMPS WEDNESDAY AND
THURSDAY.
&&
.SHORT TERM...TODAY AND TONIGHT...
TODAY...NORTH SECTIONS CONCEPTUALLY BASED ON CONVECTION AND TRENDS
SHOULD SEE HIGHS LOWER THAN GUIDANCE WITH LOWER 80S WITH SOME RISK IF
MORE PRECIPITATION ARRIVES FROM WEST AND CLOUDS FOR UPPER 70S FOR DAY
SHIFT TO MONITOR. EVEN CENTRAL SECTIONS MAY HAVE MAX TEMPERATURES
STRUGGLE INTO THE LOWER 80S WITH LOTS OF CLOUDS. LOCAL TECHNIQUES DO
SUPPORT AT LEAST PARTIAL CLEARING WITH MOST IF NOT ALL CONVECTION TO
END BY MID DAY INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. HENCE THE HIGHS IN THE MID TO
UPPER 80S SOUTH 1/3. PLAN TO KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH GOING UNTIL
18Z SINCE HEAVY PRECIPITATION IS OCCURRING ATTM.
TONIGHT...CONVECTION SHOULD REFIRE AND MOVE INTO AREA LATE EVENING
AGAIN AND ESPECIALLY OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FAR NW
SECTIONS. PROBLEM WILL BE OUR EXISTING ONGOING CONVECTION SHOULD
IMPACT THIS NEXT ROUND OF CONVECTION. LOCAL TOOLS SUPPORT HEAVY RAIN
AGAIN MAIN RISK WITH PW/S 1.5 TO NEAR 2 INCHES. HIGH DEWPOINTS TO
KEEP MOST MINS IN THE LOWER 70S. ..NICHOLS..
.LONG TERM...TUESDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY...
...WARM AND HUMID WITH STORMS INTO TUESDAY...NEAR RECORD COOL HIGHS
AFTER FRONTAL PASSAGE WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES INTO SUNDAY...
OVERVIEW...INITIALIZATION AND VERIFICATION SLIGHTLY BELOW AVERAGE AS
THE LOCATION OF SEVERAL CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS AGAIN MARGINALLY HANDLED.
BETTER WITH DYNAMIC UPPER LOW IN SW CONUS BUT EVIDENCE PER SURFACE
PRESSURE FIELDS ALL SOLUTIONS APPEAR TO BE STILL TOO TEPID ON
STRENGTH OF THIS SYSTEM. RESULT COULD BE MORE CONVECTION IMPACTING
EVOLUTION AND TRACK OF SYSTEM INTO MID WEEK. WENT WITH A 60/40 BLEND
OF 80KM NAM-WRF AND GFS INTO DAY 3. THEN A 50/50 BLEND OF HI-RES
ECMWF AND GFS.
TUESDAY...LARGE UNCERTAINTY ON AMOUNT OF CONVECTION AND SEVERE
WITH SURFACE FRONT. THIS AGAIN IS DUE TO HOW CONVECTION IMPACTS
EVOLUTION OF SHORT WAVES ROTATING OUT OF UPPER LOW. LARGE SCALE
FEATURES ARE MARGINAL ATTM BUT IN INTENSE CONVECTION OCCURS ON
SOUTH END OF SYSTEM TONIGHT THEN THIS COULD ROTATE NORTH AND PRODUCE
A TORNADO RISK THAT WILL NEED TO BE CLOSELY RECONSIDERED. KEPT 40
TO 60 PERCENT CHANCE POPS WITH HIGHS LOWER 80S NW TO UPPER 80S SE.
TUESDAY NIGHT...MAINLY EVENING STORMS WITH AGAIN SOME RISK OF
SEVERE IF UPPER ENERGY DOESN/T SHEAR. MINS MID TO UPPER 60S AS WEST
WINDS AND COOLING TO ARRIVE LATE OVERNIGHT.
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...TURNING COOLER AND CLOUDY WITH NEAR RECORD
COOL HIGH TEMPERATURES SUGGESTED BOTH DAYS. MOST LOCATIONS TO SEE
60S FOR HIGHS WITH SOME SUGGESTION LOW TO MID 60S NORTH SECTIONS FOR
LATER SHIFTS TO RECONSIDER. AREAS OF LIGHT RAIN AND RAINSHOWERS IN
DEEP LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WITH RISK OF PERIODS OF DRIZZLE AND EVEN FOG
IN THE MORNING HOURS FOR LATER SHIFTS TO CONSIDER. MINS WITH LOTS OF
CLOUDS UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S WITH MODERATE WINDS. UNSEASONABLY COOL
AND DAMP FOR LATE JUNE.
FRIDAY INTO SUNDAY...CLEARING WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WITH
70S APPROACHING NEAR 80F ON SUNDAY. LOWS MID 50S TO LOWER 60S WITH
MODERATE DEWPOINTS IN THE 50S TO LOWER 60S. ENOUGH LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE TO SUGGEST SOME POPCORN SHOWERS OR STORM MAINLY IN THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS WITH HIGHEST RISK SW NEAR WARM FRONT
AND NEXT SYSTEM...MAINLY ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. ..NICHOLS..
&&
.AVIATION...
MCS ACRS EASTERN IA WITH ANOTHER FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA INTO WESTERN
IA. BOTH MAY MERGE AND FORM A LARGE MCC. TSRA ASSOCIATED WITH THE
FIRST MCS WL BRING 1-2KFT CIGS AND POSSIBLY 1-2SM WITH TSRA THROUGH
12Z. AFT 12Z/20 3-5SM RA OR POSSIBLY 6SM RA WITH VCTS. CONDITIONS
SHOULD IMPROVE TO VFR 15Z-18Z. POTENTIAL FOR NEW TSRA DVLPMT 20Z-23Z
SO HAVE INCLUDED VCTS WITH VFR CONDITIONS. POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER MCS
AFT 00Z/21. CIGS SHOULD REMAIN VFR WITH VFR/MVFR VSBYS. POTENTIAL
THERE FOR 2SM AND 2KFT CIGS WITH TSRA AFT 00Z/21. ..08..
&&
.DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR DES MOINES-
HENRY IA-JEFFERSON-KEOKUK-LEE-LOUISA-VAN BUREN-WASHINGTON.
IL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR HANCOCK-
HENDERSON-MCDONOUGH-MERCER-WARREN.
MO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CLARK-
SCOTLAND.
&&
NICHOLS/08HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 846 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-211330- 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- 846 AM CDT MON JUN 20 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...TODAY AND NIGHT TODAY...THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA UNTIL LATE THIS MORNING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH RAINFALL TOTALS FROM LAST NIGHT AND THIS MORNING OF 1 TO 4 INCHES. THE GROUND ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34 IS SATURATED AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL GO INTO RUNOFF AND POSE A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS MORNING FOR MUCH OF THE OUTLOOK AREA SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WITH SOME STORMS POSSIBLY PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. A SECONDARY THREAT WILL BE ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND STRAIGHT LINE WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA IN A SLIGHT RISK. SOME AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY TUESDAY...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WITH THE RISK OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT MAY RESULT IN ADDITIONAL RIVER FLOODING AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING DUE TO ALREADY SATURATED SOILS. SOME STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE PRIMARY RISK WITH ANY SEVERE STORMS AT THIS TIME APPEARS TO BE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT. ANY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL GREATER THAN 1 INCH WOULD BE APPRECIATED. NICHOLS
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
702 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0649 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 S SALEM 40.84N 91.62W
06/20/2011 M1.86 INCH HENRY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
TOMOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
708 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0707 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 W CAMBRIDGE 41.30N 90.20W
06/20/2011 M1.45 INCH HENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
OVERNIGHT STORM TOTAL.
&&PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
713 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 SE ANNAWAN 41.37N 89.87W
06/20/2011 M2.50 INCH HENRY IL TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
TOMOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
831 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0829 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NW HENNEPIN 41.29N 89.37W
06/20/2011 M4.50 INCH BUREAU IL TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL
&&
TOMOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
852 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0850 AM HEAVY RAIN 4 E WHAT CHEER 41.41N 92.28W
06/20/2011 M1.66 INCH KEOKUK IA TRAINED SPOTTER
STORM TOTAL SINCE AFTER MIDNIGHT.
&&
TOMOPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
859 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2011
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0858 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 ESE KEOSAUQUA 40.72N 91.92W
06/20/2011 M4.20 INCH VAN BUREN IA TRAINED SPOTTER
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TOMOThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains during the second week of June caused the Fox River to flood Alexandria, MO during the third week of June. Much of the town was under flood waters.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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