Heavy rains at the end of June caused the Mississippi River at Rock Island and Muscatine to reach their respective Major Flood Stage levels on July 1. The river level at both locations fell below their Major Flood Stages during the evening of July 1 and early morning of July 2.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
The episode as NWS DVN wrote it up.
Heavy rains at the end of June caused the Mississippi River at Rock Island and Muscatine to reach their respective Major Flood Stage levels on July 1. The river level at both locations fell below their Major Flood Stages during the evening of July 1 and early morning of July 2.
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 30, 10:24 PM CST, 1 hour 36 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1124 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 302 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 ISOLATED SHOWERS DEVELOPING S/SE OF QUAD CITIES WITH PEAK HEATING AND MOISTURE POOLING NEAR SUBTLE WIND SHIFT BOUNDARY OR WEAK CONVERGENCE AXIS EXTENDING INTO SOUTHEAST CWA FROM OH VLY LOW. SURFACE RIDGE WAS BUILDING SWD THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MIDWEST. WINDS N/NE AROUND 10 KTS WITH SOME GUSTS AT TIMES COMBINED WITH BELOW NORMAL TEMPS MAINLY IN THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80F MAKING FOR NICE SUMMER AFTERNOON. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 302 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 PATTERN TO BECOME BLOCKY AND THUS REMAIN FAIRLY STAGNANT THROUGH PERIOD WITH TROUGH BECOMING STATIONARY VICINITY OF OH VLY CAUGHT IN BETWEEN WESTERN HEAT RIDGE AND STRENGTHENING BERMUDA HIGH. SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL REMAIN OVER OH VLY DURING PERIOD WHILE SURFACE HIGH TO SLOWLY NUDGE FURTHER INTO IA AND WI. RESULT WILL BE CONTINUED N/NE LOW LEVEL FLOW USERING IN DRIER AND VERY PLEASANT CONDITIONS WITH TEMPS BELOW NORMAL. DIURNALLY DRIVEN ISOLATED CONVECTION TO DISSIPATE WITH SUNSET. SKIES THEN BECOME MOSTLY CLEAR ALL AREAS WITH LIGHT N/NE WIND USHERING IN DRIER AIR AND RESULTING IN COMFY LOWS IN THE 50S. IF WINDS WERE TO GO UNDER 3 KTS FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME THEN WITH 850 MB TEMPS AROUND 10C WOULD SUPPORT LOWS OF 47-50F IN FAVORED COOL DRAINAGE AREAS NORTH. MON... JULY STARTING OUT ON A GORGEOUS NOTE WITH HIGHS ONCE AGAIN BACK INTO THE UPPER 70S TO AROUND 80F BUT MORE NOTICEABLY LESS HUMIDITY. LIKELY TO SEE SOME OF THE AWOS SITES REGISTER DEWPTS IN THE 40S WITH DEEPER MIXING IN THE AFTERNOON... WHILE ELSEWHERE WILL SEE DEWPTS MAINLY L/M 50S. .LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 302 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...LATEST TRENDS ON THE 12Z MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SHOWING UPPER TROF GETTING BLOCKED ACRS THE MID CONUS BETWEEN HEAT DOME TO THE WEST AND DEVELOPING BERMUDA HIGH...SUGGEST A SLOWER ARRIVAL OF THE UPPER LOW AND ASSOCIATED LIFT/INSTABILITY FOR SHOWER DEVELOPMENT. DRY AIR IN PLACE AS WELL FOR THIS FEATURE AND IT/S PROCESSES TO OVERCOME. THUS THIS PERIOD COULD BE MAINLY DRY BUT FOR SOME CONSISTENCY WILL KEEP SLIGHT CHC POPS IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST ON TUE AND TUE NIGHT. BELOW NORMAL TEMP TRENDS CONTINUE WITH LOWS MON NIGHT IN THE 50S...POSSIBLY SOME LOWER 50S IN THE NORTH AND HIGHS TUE IN THE UPPER 70S. WILL PLAY TUE NIGH COOL IN THE 50S AS WELL...ALTHOUGH SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS/AC MAY APPROACH FROM THE SOUTHEAST WITH UPPER LOW RETROGRADE AND KEEP TEMPS MILDER IN SOME SPOTS THAN THE PREVIOUS NIGHT. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...UPPER TROF TO GET SQUEEZED UPON BY STRONGER RIDGING PROCESSES IN THE WEST AND EAST. BUT ENOUGH THERE WITH THIS FEATURE GETTING BLOCKED OVERHEAD TO FUEL SPOTTY TO SCTRD DIURNAL SHOWER DEVELOPMENT THIS PERIOD. SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO THEN DECAY BY MID EVENING WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING. MORE CLOUDS AND LOW TO MID LEVEL COOL POOL UNDER TROF AXIS TO MAINTAIN BELOW NORMAL TEMP REGIME THROUGH MID WEEK. HIGHS IN THE 70S TO NEAR 80 WITH LOWS IN THE 50S TO AROUND 60. WED HIGH TEMPS MAY BE HELD IN THE MID 70S. FRIDAY THROUGH NEXT SUNDAY...LONGER RANGE SIGNALS SUGGEST A CONTINUE BREAK DOWN OF THE UPPER TROF WITH MEAN WESTERLIES ESTABLISHING THE MAIN STORM TRACK ACRS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE CONUS AND CANADA... WHILE BERMUDA HIGH STRENGTHENS. IF UPPER TROF CAN GET DRAWN OUT OF THE AREA AS IT GETS DRAGGED BACK EAST/NORTHEAST BY ZONAL FLOW... FRIDAY COULD BE MAINLY DRY. 12Z GFS SLOWER WITH THIS PROCESS AND HAS MORE SCTRD SHOWERS ON FRI. WILL PLAY IT DRY FOR NOW. A WARMING TREND STILL LOOKS IN STORE FOR THE END OF THE WEEK INTO SAT BACK TO AT LEAST NORMAL TEMPS...WHILE THE ATLANTIC HIGH PRESSURE COMPLEX PUMPS GULF MOISTURE UP ACRS THE SOUTHEASTERN HALF OF THE CONUS FUELING WIDESPREAD DIURNAL SCTRD SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THESE AREAS. WHILE OLDER RUNS SUGGESTED THIS ACTIVITY TO STAY MAINLY SOUTHEAST OF THE DVN CWA THROUGH NEXT SAT...LATEST RUNS SOMEWHAT MORE PROGRESSIVE AND TARGET THE SOUTHEASTERN CWA BY SAT AFTERNOON WITH AIRMASS TYPE POP UP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. BETTER CHANCE AND MORE COVERAGE BY NEXT SUNDAY FOR SCTRD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACRS THE REGION. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z MONDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1123 PM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 NEARLY IDEAL FLYING WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND BEYOND OVER EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS. NEARLY CLEAR SKIES WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE PERIOD...WITH NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 KTS ON AVERAGE...WITH A SMALL POTENTIAL FOR GUSTS TO 18 KTS DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON HOURS. NO VISIBILITIES RESTRICTIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...05 SHORT TERM...05 LONG TERM...12 AVIATION...ERVIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 413 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-010915- 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- 413 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2013 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 ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...WESTERN ILLINOIS AND EXTREME NORTHEAST MISSOURI...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 34. LIGHTNING WILL BE A RISK FROM ANY THUNDERSTORMS. HOWEVER...DUE TO LIMITED INSTABILITY SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A LOW THREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY...FROM TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. CONDITIONS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HAASE/DLF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Mississippi River at Rock Island rose to its major flood stage level at 1 am CDT July 1, remaining at that level until 1 am CDT July 2.
The Mississippi River at Muscatine rose to its major flood stage level at 1 pm CDT July 1, remaining at that level until 7 pm CDT July 1.
The Mississippi River at Rock Island rose to its major flood stage level at 1 am CDT July 1, remaining at that level until 1 am CDT July 2.
The Mississippi River at Muscatine rose to its major flood stage level at 1 pm CDT July 1, remaining at that level until 7 pm CDT July 1.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Iowa in 2013Every state in 2013This day in weather historyWarnings in Iowa, July 2013
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: 467098, 467099.