Heavy rains during the second half of June across the Midwest resulted in the Mississippi River and several tributary rivers to go into major flood. In fact, the flooding continued into July.
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The episode as NWS DVN wrote it up.
Heavy rains during the second half of June across the Midwest resulted in the Mississippi River and several tributary rivers to go into major flood. In fact, the flooding continued into July.
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 23, 10:45 PM CST, 1 hour earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1145 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 .SYNOPSIS... ISSUED AT 325 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 LOW CLOUDS CONTINUE TO PERSIST ACROSS THE CWA THIS AFTERNOON WITH ONLY A FEW BREAKS IN THE OVERCAST (BINOVC) WHICH IS KEEPING INSTABILITY TO A MINIMUM. THE HIGHEST SBCAPES EXTEND FROM SOUTHERN/EASTERN IL INTO INDIANA AND SURE ENOUGH THAT IS WHERE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE FIRING. TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO STRUGGLE TO WARM UP MUCH WITH 3 PM READINGS ONLY IN THE 70S ACROSS THE CWA. A WEAK WAVE COMING OUT OF THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS WAS PRODUCING A LINE OF ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHEAST MN TO CENTRAL IA AND THEN TO NORTHEAST KS. A STRONGER WAVE IN THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WAS SPREADING SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS INTO SOUTHERN MO. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 325 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 FORECAST FOCUS ON A CHANCE OF SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OTHERWISE A PLEASANTLY WARM DAY ON TUESDAY. TONIGHT...WILL MAINTAIN CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WATER VAPOR LOOPS SHOW A WEAK WAVE COMING OUT OF THE NORTHERN/CENTRAL PLAINS BUT MOST OF THIS STAYS TO OUR WEST. THE HRRR/HOPWRF MESO MODELS INDICATES MOST OF THESE SHOWERS DISSIPATING BEFORE REACHING OUR WESTERN CWA. TO OUR SOUTH THERE IS A BIT STRONGER WAVE LIFTING NORTHEAST OUT OF THE SOUTHERN PLAINS. OPERATIONAL MODELS KEEP THE BULK OF THE SHOWERS/STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS FEATURE TO OUR SOUTHEAST. BOTTOM LINE...WILL MAINTAIN SMALL POPS THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN GO DRY MOST OF THE CWA AFTER MIDNIGHT. LIGHT NORTHWEST WINDS WILL BRING SOMEWHAT DRIER AIR GRADUALLY INTO THE CWA OVERNIGHT. MINIMUM TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE 60S. TUESDAY...SHOULD HAVE SUBSIDENCE BEHIND THE DEPARTING WAVE THAT MOVES INTO THE OHIO VALLEY. MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES EXPECTED WITH AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE LOWER TO MID 80S. DEWPOINTS WILL BE SOMEWHAT MORE TOLERABLE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. THE WET GROUND MAY ALLOW FOR SCATTERED CUMULUS CLOUDS TO FORM. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY) ISSUED AT 325 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 SLIGHTLY COOLER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TUESDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY...BEFORE A RETURN TO MORE SUMMER-LIKE CONDITIONS AND UNSETTLED WEATHER BY THE END OF THE WORK WEEK. MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW POOR CONTINUITY BETWEEN EACH OTHER WITH REGARDS TO SEVERAL SHORTWAVES MOVING THROUGH THE QUASI-ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. BECAUSE OF THIS...CONFIDENCE REMAINS LOW FOR ANY GIVEN MODEL SOLUTION AND WILL CONTINUE TO USE A MODEL BLEND FOR EXTENDED FORECAST. TUESDAY NIGHT-WEDNESDAY...WEAK COLD FRONT TO DROP SOUTH NEAR THE IA/MN BORDER TO NEAR HWY 20...AS A SHORTWAVE MOVES ACROSS MN AND WI. THE LATEST NAM GENERATES PCPN AS EARLY AS 12Z WED ALONG THIS WEAK BOUNDARY...WHILE OTHER SOLUTIONS HOLD OFF UNTIL THE AFTERNOON. MODEL FORCING PROGS SHOW VERY LITTLE CONVERGENCE/OMEGA WITH THIS BOUNDARY...AND WILL ONLY CARRY SLIGHT TO LOW END CHANCE POPS AT THIS TIME. QPF AMOUNTS EXPECTED TO BE UNDER A TENTH OF AN INCH. HIGHS WEDNESDAY WILL BE IN THE UPR 70S/LOW 80S. WEDNESDAY NIGHT-FRIDAY...ANOTHER SHORTWAVE TROUGH TO MOVE EAST OVER THE PLAINS IN THE ZONAL FLOW ALOFT. THE GFS/ECMWF/GEM KEEP THIS WAVE TO THE SOUTH OF THE CWA...WHEREAS THE NAM TRACKS IT DIRECTLY OVER THE CWA BRINGING THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE FAR SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA. THE NAM IS THE CLEAR OUTLIER AND WILL DISCARD ITS SOLUTION FOR THE TIME BEING. DID LITTLE CHANGE TO THESE PERIODS POPS DUE TO CONTINUED MODEL DIFFERENCES AND LEFT IN THE CHANCE CATEGORY ATTIM. MODELS DO AGREE ON A WEAK SHEAR PROFILE...WHICH WOULD SUGGEST LITTLE IF ANY SEVERE THREAT WITH STORMS THAT DEVELOP. HIGHS TO GENERALLY BE IN THE 80S...WITH LOWS IN THE MID TO UPPER 60S. FRIDAY NIGHT-MONDAY...SOUTHWEST FLOW PATTERN TO RETURN TO THE REGION WITH SEVERAL SHORTWAVES LIFTING NORTHEAST INTO THE UPPER PLAINS. A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH OVER THE CWA BRINGING ADDITIONAL PCPN CHANCES TO THE AREA. INCREASING HUMIDITY LEVELS AND TEMPS WILL BE SEEN EACH DAY WITH DEWPOINTS REACHING INTO THE 70S. MODEL CONSENSUS HAS SLIGHT CHANCE TO LOW END CHANCE POPS FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. LATER SHIFTS MAY BE ABLE TO RAISE POPS ONCE MODELS COME INTO BETTER AGREEMENT. ALL IN ALL...A RETURN TO MORE SUMMER LIKE CONDITIONS APPEARS LIKELY BY THE WEEKEND. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z TUESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1123 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 AN ISOLATED SHOWER IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION DURING THE EARLY MORNING AT KBRL/KMLI BUT PROBABILITIES TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE TAFS. OTHERWISE...EXPECT SOME MVFR FOG AND POSSIBLY SOME PATCHY LOW STRATUS DURING THE EARLY MORNING. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 325 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 AREA RIVERS CONTINUE TO RISE IN RESPONSE TO RECENT RAINFALL OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS OVER THE CWA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL GENERALLY BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE WESTERN HALF AND SOUTHERN HALF OF THE CWA OVER THE PAST 36 HRS. THE BURLINGTON AREA HAS RECEIVED AMOUNTS OVER 3 INCHES WITH THE YESTERDAY/S STORMS. THIS RAINFALL IS HANDLED WELL BY THE RIVER MODELS AND DO NOT ANTICIPATE MUCH CHANGE TO THE RIVER FORECASTS IN REGARDS TO RISES IN THE COMING DAYS AHEAD. THE RIVER SITES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER A WARNING ARE FORECAST TO SEE MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING...WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT BURLINGTON...CEDAR RIVER AT CEDAR RAPIDS...AND THE WAPSIPINICON RIVER AT DE WITT...WHERE MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. THOSE WITH INTERESTS ON AREA RIVERS OR WHO WOULD BE IMPACTED BY HIGH WATER LEVELS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR RIVER LEVELS IN THE UPCOMING DAYS AHEAD. && .DVN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... IA...NONE. IL...NONE. MO...NONE. && SYNOPSIS...HAASE SHORT TERM...HAASE LONG TERM...GROSS AVIATION...RP KINNEY HYDROLOGY...GROSS
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 1050 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007- 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-241100- 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- 1050 PM CDT MON JUN 23 2014 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 MANY AREA RIVERS ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNIFICANT RISES AND/OR FLOODING. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST FLOOD STATEMENTS AND FLOOD WARNINGS FOR DETAILS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SEVERAL PERIODS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE EXACT TIMING OF THESE STORMS WILL DEPEND LARGELY ON THE TIMING OF UPPER LEVEL WAVES...WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNCERTAIN. THERE IS SOME CONFIDENCE...HOWEVER...THAT WHEN STORMS DO OCCUR...HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REMAIN A THREAT DUE TO AN INCREASINGLY MOIST ATMOSPHERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT. RP KINNEY
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Heavy rains during the second half of June resulted in the Cedar River at Cedar Rapids going above the major flood stage level of 16 feet on June 24 around 1245 am CDT. It crested around 17.34 feet around 1215 am June 25. It fell below the major flood stage level around 9 pm CDT June 25.
Heavy rains during the second half of June resulted in the Cedar River at Cedar Rapids going above the major flood stage level of 16 feet on June 24 around 1245 am CDT. It crested around 17.34 feet around 1215 am June 25. It fell below the major flood stage level around 9 pm CDT June 25.
Heavy rains during the second half of June resulted in the Cedar River at Cedar Rapids going above the major flood stage level of 16 feet on June 24 around 1245 am CDT. It crested around 17.34 feet around 1215 am June 25. It fell below the major flood stage level around 9 pm CDT June 25.
Heavy rains during the second half of June resulted in the Wapsipinicon River at De Witt going above the major flood stage level of 12.5 feet on June 26 around 550 pm CDT. It crested at a new record high level around 14.32 feet around 145 pm July 2. It fell below the major flood stage level around 1 am CDT July 11.
Heavy rains during the second half of June resulted in the Wapsipinicon River at De Witt going above the major flood stage level of 12.5 feet on June 26 around 550 pm CDT. It crested at a new record high level around 14.32 feet around 145 pm July 2. It fell below the major flood stage level around 1 am CDT July 11.
Heavy rains during the second half of June resulted in the Mississippi River at Burlington, IA and Gladstone, IL going above their respective major flood stage levels. They crested about 5.5 to 6 feet above their major flooding levels during the evening of July 5 and morning of July 6. They fell below their major flood stage levels in mid July.
Burlington rose above its major flood stage level of 18 feet on June 27 around 12 am CDT. It crested around 23.65 feet around 8 am CDT July 6. It fell below the major flood stage level during the late afternoon of July 16.
Gladstone rose above its major flood stage level of 14 feet on June 29 around 12 am CDT. It crested around 19.83 feet around 8 pm CDT July 5. It fell below the major flood stage level around 8 1m CDT July 15.
Heavy rains during the second half of June resulted in the Mississippi River at New Boston, IL and Keithsburg, IL going above their respective major flood stage levels on the afternoon and evening of June 28. They crested about 5.5 to 6 feet above their major flooding levels on July 5. They fell below their major flood stage levels on July 14.
New Boston rose above its major flood stage level of 18.5 feet on June 28 around 10 pm CDT. It crested around 24.52 feet around 2 am CDT July 5. It fell below the major flood stage level around 2 am CDT July 14.
Keithsburg rose above its major flood stage level of 17 feet on June 28 around 1 pm CDT. It crested around 22.63 feet around 645 pm CDT July 5. It fell below the major flood stage level around 230 pm CDT July 14.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 525287, 525289, 525291, 525262, 525266, 525301, 525299.