A wet fall pattern resulted in major flooding on a few sites along the Mississippi River in October, 2019. Keithsburg, Illinois and Burlington, Iowa were both over major flood stage due to an extended wet weather pattern from September through early October.
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The episode as NWS DVN wrote it up.
A wet fall pattern resulted in major flooding on a few sites along the Mississippi River in October, 2019. Keithsburg, Illinois and Burlington, Iowa were both over major flood stage due to an extended wet weather pattern from September through early October.
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.
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</html>The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Mississippi River at the KHBI2 gage rose above major flood stage of 17.0 feet on the 13th, and crested at 17.12 feet at 1 AM CST on the 15th. It fell back below 17.0 feet on the 17th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Illinois in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in Illinois, October 2019
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 860673.