A multiple day heavy rainfall event will begin to set up from the Southern Plains into the Mississippi Valley Thursday, peaking in intensity over the holiday weekend. Widely scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across eastern Colorado Thursday afternoon and evening. Large hail will be the primary hazard. Read More >
Overview
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Widespread thunderstorms developed south of a line from Fairfield Iowa to Sterling Rock Falls Friday afternoon and evening. These storms moved eastward across the area throughout the evening and overnight hours. These storms produced heavy rainfall, flashing flooding, and hail up to the size of golf balls. Rain reports south of this line ranged from 1 to 6 inches, with the heaviest rains falling in from Clark County northeastward into Hancock Counties and from Henry County Illinois eastward into Bureau and Putnam Counties. |
 WPC Surface Fronts / Pressure 1 pm 9/27 |
Storm Reports
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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
224 PM CDT SAT SEP 28 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0529 PM HAIL 2 ENE WEVER 40.73N 91.20W
09/27/2019 M1.00 INCH DES MOINES IA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST BEGAN.
0529 PM HAIL 1 S WEVER 40.70N 91.23W
09/27/2019 E1.00 INCH LEE IA LAW ENFORCEMENT
LOCATION APPROXIMATE. RELAYED BY EMA.
0543 PM HAIL BUDA 41.33N 89.68W
09/27/2019 E1.75 INCH BUREAU IL PUBLIC
VIA SOCIAL MEDIA, TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
0545 PM HAIL MEMPHIS 40.46N 92.18W
09/27/2019 E0.75 INCH SCOTLAND MO PUBLIC
DIME TO PENNY SIZE HAIL.
0550 PM HAIL HOPPER 40.78N 90.97W
09/27/2019 M1.00 INCH HENDERSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0550 PM HAIL 6 S MEMPHIS 40.38N 92.18W
09/27/2019 E0.70 INCH SCOTLAND MO TRAINED SPOTTER
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR, DELAYED REPORT.
0555 PM HAIL 5 SSE MEMPHIS 40.39N 92.12W
09/27/2019 E1.00 INCH SCOTLAND MO TRAINED SPOTTER
1-2 MIN WORTH OF HAIL, TIME ESTIMATED FROM
RADAR, DELAYED REPORT.
0602 PM HAIL 2 SE SAINT PAUL 40.74N 91.49W
09/27/2019 E0.88 INCH LEE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR, DELAYED REPORT.
0610 PM HAIL 1 W LOMBARDVILLE 41.24N 89.66W
09/27/2019 M0.50 INCH BUREAU IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0620 PM HAIL 3 N PROVIDENCE 41.32N 89.61W
09/27/2019 E0.25 INCH BUREAU IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0633 PM HAIL KEWANEE 41.24N 89.93W
09/27/2019 M0.75 INCH HENRY IL PUBLIC
VIA FACEBOOK.
0640 PM HAIL 1 ENE BURLINGTON REGION 40.79N 91.11W
09/27/2019 E0.25 INCH DES MOINES IA PUBLIC
VIA MPING.
0745 PM HAIL PRINCETON 41.38N 89.47W
09/27/2019 M0.25 INCH BUREAU IL CO-OP OBSERVER
LOTS OF PEA SIZE HAIL - NOT COVERING THE
GROUND.
0747 PM HAIL 1 E GOOD HOPE 40.55N 90.65W
09/27/2019 U0.50 INCH MCDONOUGH IL PUBLIC
REPORT FROM MPING: HALF-INCH (0.50 IN.).
0749 PM HAIL 1 N GOOD HOPE 40.57N 90.68W
09/27/2019 M0.25 INCH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA SIZE HAIL FROM NORTH OF TOWN AND INTO
COMMUNITY.
0759 PM HAIL 3 SW PRAIRIE CITY 40.60N 90.50W
09/27/2019 M0.25 INCH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0801 PM HAIL PRAIRIE CITY 40.62N 90.47W
09/27/2019 M0.25 INCH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0809 PM HAIL COLCHESTER 40.43N 90.79W
09/27/2019 M0.25 INCH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0809 PM TSTM WND GST COLCHESTER 40.43N 90.79W
09/27/2019 E45 MPH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND ESTIMATED 45-50 MPH.
0821 PM HAIL 2 WNW ALEXIS 41.08N 90.60W
09/27/2019 E0.75 INCH MERCER IL PUBLIC
QUITE A BIT OF RAIN WITH THIS STORM.
0853 PM HAIL AUGUSTA 40.23N 90.95W
09/27/2019 M1.00 INCH HANCOCK IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0900 PM HEAVY RAIN BUSHNELL 40.56N 90.51W
09/27/2019 M0.84 INCH MCDONOUGH IL TRAINED SPOTTER
0905 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 NE FORT MADISON 40.64N 91.33W
09/27/2019 M1.90 INCH LEE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
STILL RAINING.
0923 PM HAIL 2 WSW SAWYER 40.69N 91.39W
09/27/2019 E0.88 INCH LEE IA TRAINED SPOTTER
PEA TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
Rain Reports
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| Figure 1: Local 24-hr Rainfall |
Figure 2: Regional 24-hr Rainfall |
Figure 3: Regional 24-hr Rainfall from Midwest Regional Climate Center |
....IOWA.... Burlington 6.5 SSW 3.55 Donnellson 3.21 Burlington 0.8 SSE 2.82 Keokuk LD19 2.74 Burlington Arpt 2 SW 2.57 Rathbun Reservoir 2 N 2.10 Fairfield 2.07 Salem 3.1 ESE 1.73 Salem 1S 1.67 Allerton 2 S 1.40 Keosauqua 1.35 New London 1.5 SW 1.27 West Point 7.5 NW 1.04 Centerville 0 NE 0.96 Calamus 2.0 NE 0.90 Charlotte 1.9 WNW 0.79 Camanche 1.2 W 0.65 Strawberry Point 0.65 Fulton 0.58 Monticello 1 E 0.58 De Witt 0.57 Cascade 0.55 Davenport 0.9 WNW 0.54 Coralville 1.3 SE 0.53 Solon 0.3 ESE 0.52 Anamosa 1.9 SE 0.51 Bettendorf 1.6 WSW 0.51 Anamosa 3 SSW 0.50 Parnell 0.1 SSW 0.47 Ottumwa ASOS 6 NNW 0.46 West Branch 2.0 NNW 0.44 Guttenberg Dam 10 0.40 Robins 0.4 SSE 0.38 Eldridge 0.7 SSW 0.38 Washington 0.38 Park View 0.2 WSW 0.38 Rickardsville 0.2 W 0.37 Coggon 0.35 Toledo 3 N 0.34 Dubuque LD11 0.33 Iowa City Arpt 0.33 Davenport Arpt 5 N 0.31 Cedar Rapids Arpt 5 SW 0.31 Maquoketa 4 W 0.30 Amana 4.7 W 0.30 Kalona 7.3 NNW 0.29 Waterloo ASOS 5 NW 0.28 Elkader 6SSW 0.28 Manchester 0.27 Cedar Rapids 2.7 NE 0.26 Washington 5.8 SW 0.26 Marshalltown ASOS 4 N 0.25 Beaconsfield 1 NNE 0.24 Mount Auburn 2.2 NNW 0.23 Oelwein AWOS 0.22 Dubuque Arpt 7 SW 0.19 Fairfax 4.0 NW 0.19 Peosta 2.9 E 0.18 Bellevue LD12 0.16 Marengo 3.6 N 0.16 Dubuque #3 7 SW 0.15 Marshalltown 1 NW 0.12 Wellman 4.0 E 0.11 NWS Johnston* 5 NNW 0.11 Oskaloosa AWOS 9 ESE 0.10 Pella AWOS 2 WSW 0.10 North Liberty 0.7 SSW 0.09 Tripoli 0 N 0.06 Newton 1 NE 0.05 North English 0.04 ....ILLINOIS.... Princeton 1.1 SE 5.90 Princeton 5.90 Dallas City 3.0 SSE 5.71 Romeoville 4.84 Ottawa 4 SW 4.40 Joliet 4.10 Alexis 1 SW 3.80 St Anne 3.73 Galesburg Arpt 3 SW 3.66 Peoria ASOS 3.49 Kewanee 1 E 3.46 New Windsor 2.0 N 3.22 New Boston LD17 3.00 Gladstone LD18 2.95 Geneseo 2.0 NW 2.95 La Harpe 2.84 Mendota 2 SE 2.77 Macomb 3.8 NW 2.60 Aledo 2.55 Walnut 5.3 ENE 2.55 Colchester 3.5 NE 2.36 Milan 8.8 SSW 2.28 Cambridge 5.9 SW 2.25 Paw Paw 1 E 2.24 Andover 4.0 S 2.20 Fulton LD13 2.00 Quincy ASOS 1.84 Bloomington Airport 1.58 Coal Valley 1.9 SE 1.27 Lincoln NWS 1.17 Rochelle 1.10 Steward 1.03 Mundelein 0.86 Coleta 1.4 SSW 0.84 Decatur Airport 0.83 Rochelle AWOS 0.76 Illinois City 6.7 SW 0.71 Quad City Arpt 3 S 0.70 Moline 0.7 NNE 0.66 Prophetstown 0.2 SW 0.64 Moline 0.9 N 0.59 Jacksonville AWOS 0.57 Davis 0.5 N 0.55 Shannon 0.2 S 0.34 Freeport 1.7 NW 0.33 Freeport 2.0 NW 0.30 Rockford ASOS 0.24 Elizabeth 0.22 Roscoe 2SE 0.20 Freeport 0.19 Orangeville 2.8 NW 0.16 Freeport 2.9 WSW 0.14 Ill. City LD16 3 WNW 0.14 ....MISSOURI.... Kirksville ASOS 2.85 Memphis 1.50 Chillicothe 2 NW 1.15
Additional Information
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