Quad Cities, IA/IL

Weather Forecast Office

Late May-Early June 2019 Flood Summary

Extensive flooding occurred late May and into June across eastern Iowa, northwest Illinois, and northeast Missouri. The last half of May was very wet with 5-8 inches of rain falling over the region. This combined with saturated soils, brought many rivers above Moderate to Major flood levels. Many climate sites only saw 3 days of no precipitation from May 16th to May 31st.

The Wapsipinicon, Iowa, Skunk, Des Moines, Rock, and Green Rivers all recorded a preliminary Top 10 crest on record. The mainstem Mississippi also crested again in late May / early June, with sites from Le Claire LD 14 on downstream recording a Top 10 crest.

Several significant flood events also occurred in March - Early May 2019 due to snowmelt, heavy rain, and saturated soil. Summary of these events can be found at:

Spring Snowmelt Flood Summary

Mississippi River Flooding
Muscatine, IA June 3rd, 2019
NWS Flood Survey

Flooding
Factors to Flooding
Photos
Crest Information
Additional Information

Flooding

The Mississippi River has been in flood for most sites since the middle of March. It is the longest stretch the river has ever been above flood stage. Details of this statistic and others will be added to this page at a later date.

Jump to River: Mississippi Cedar Iowa English Skunk Des Moines Rock Green La Moine

Wapsipinicon River


De Witt

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Cedar River


Cedar Rapids	Cedar Bluff	Conesville

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Iowa River


Marengo	Lone Tree	Wapello	Oakville

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English River


Kalona

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Skunk River


Sigourney	Augusta Crest #1

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Des Moines River


Keosauqua	St. Francisville

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Rock River


Como	Joslin	Moline

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Green River


Geneseo

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La Moines River


Colmar

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Mississippi River


Dubuque LD 11	Dubuque Railroad Bridge	Bellevue LD 12	Fulton LD 13


Camanche	Le Claire LD 14	Rock Island LD 15	Illinois City LD 16


Muscatine	New Boston LD 17	Keithsburg	Gladstone LD 18


Burlington	Keokuk LD 19	Gregory Landing

Factors that led to more flooding:

Heavy rains May 22nd - 31st
High river levels already from beginning of May
Saturated soils


May 22nd - May 31st Rainfall	48-hr Rainfall ending May 29th	May 13th - June 12th Precipitation


May 13th - June 11th, 2019 Accumulated Precipitation Percent of Mean	County Precipitation Ranks for May 2019	Soil Moisture Anomaly May 31st, 2019


	Average Streamflow for May 2019

Photos

Mississippi River


Davenport, IA (NWS Survey)	East Davenport, IA (NWS Survey)	Muscatine, IA (NWS Survey)	Buffalo, IA (NWS Survey)


Port Louisa , IA (NWS Survey)	Burlington, IA (NWS Survey)	Burlington, IA (NWS Survey)

Crest Information

Summary of Area Rivers
River	Location	Flood Stage	Record Stage	Actual Crest (Preliminary)
Mississippi River	Dubuque LD 11 (DLDI4)	16.0 ft	25.69 ft on 04/26/1965	19.19 ft. on 05/31/2019
	Dubuque (DBQI4)	17.0 ft	26.81 ft on 04/26/1965	20.75 ft. on 05/31/2019
	Bellevue LD12 (BLVI4)	17.0 ft	23.51 ft on 04/26/1965	18.81 ft. on 05/31/2019
				18.91 ft. on 06/05/2019
	Fulton LD 13 (FLTI2)	16.0 ft	24.75 ft on 04/28/1965	19.76 ft. on 06/01/2019
				19.83 ft. on 06/05/2019
	Camanche (CMMI4)	17.0 ft	24.65 ft on 04/28/1965	21.23 ft. on 06/01/2019
	Le Claire LD 14 (LECI4)	11.0 ft	17.75 ft on 04/28/1965	15.08 ft. on 06/01/2019 (6th highest crest on record)
	Rock Island LD 15 (RCKI2)	15.0 ft	22.70 ft on 05/02/2019	21.68 ft. on 06/01/2019 (6th highest crest on record)
	Illinois City LD 16 (ILNI2)	15.0 ft	24.10 ft on 07/09/1993	22.81 ft. on 06/02/2019 (5th highest crest on record)
	Muscatine (MUSI4)	16.0 ft	25.61 ft on 07/09/1993	24.52 ft. on 06/02/2019 (3rd highest crest on record)
	New Boston LD 17 (NBOI2)	15.0 ft	25.90 ft on 07/09/1993	24.42 ft. on 06/02/2019 (4th highest crest on record)
	Keithsburg (KHBI2)	14.0 ft	24.49 ft on 06/17/2008	22.95 ft. on 06/02/2019 (3rd highest crest on record)
	Gladstone LD 18 (GLDI2)	10.0 ft	22.46 ft on 06/17/2008	20.62 ft. on 06/02/2019 (3rd highest crest on record)
	Burlington (BRLI4)	15.0 ft	25.73 ft on 06/17/2008	24.48 ft. on 06/02/2019 (3rd highest crest on record)
	Keokuk LD 19 (EOKI4)	16.0 ft	27.58 ft on 07/10/1993	25.60 ft. on 05/30/2019 (3rd highest crest on record)
	Gregory Landing (GGYM7)	15.0 ft	28.49 ft on 07/09/1993	29.97 ft. on 06/02/2019 (3rd highest crest on record)

Wapsipinicon River	De Witt (DEWI4)	11.0 ft	14.32 ft on 07/02/2014	13.68 ft on 05/30/2019 (7th highest on record)

Cedar River	Cedar Rapids (CIDI4)	12.0 ft	31.12 ft on 06/13/2008	12.90 ft. on 05/29/2019
	Cedar Bluff (CEBI4)	16.0 ft	24.70 ft on 09/28/2016	17.30 ft on 05/30/2019
	Conesville (CNEI4)	13.0 ft	23.40 ft on 06/15/2008	16.04 ft. on 05/31/2019

Iowa River	Marengo (MROI4)	15.0 ft	21.38 ft on 06/12/2008	18.42 ft. on 05/29/2019
	Lone Tree (LNTI4)	16.0 ft	23.10 ft on 06/15/2008	19.08 ft. on 05/30/2019 (9th highest crest on record)
	Columbus Jct (CJTI4)	23.0 ft	32.30 ft on 06/14/2008	24.95 ft on 05/31/2019 (6th highest crest on record)
	Wapello (WAPI4)	21.0 ft	32.15 ft on 06/14/2008	27.21 ft on 05/31/2019 (9th highest on record)
	Oakville (OKVI4)	11.0 ft	23.22 ft on 06/14/2008	17.56 ft on 06/01/2019 (3rd highest on record)

English River	Kalona (KALI4)	14.0 ft	22.55 ft on 07/06/1993	18.71 ft on 05/30/2019

Skunk River	Sigourney (SIGI4)	16.0 ft	25.93 ft on 05/28/2013	22.76 ft. on 05/19/2019
	Augusta (AGSI4)	15.0 ft	27.05 ft on 04/23/1973	24.05 ft on 05/30/2019 (5th highest on record)

Des Moines River	Keosauqua (KEQI4)	22.0 ft	32.66 ft on 07/13/1993	27.87 ft on 05/29/2019 (5th highest on record)
	St. Francisville (SFLM7)	18.0 ft	32.02 ft on 07/15/1993	27.86 ft on 05/29/2019 (5th highest on record)


Rock River	Como (CMOI2)	12.5 ft	15.65 ft on 07/23/2017	13.89 ft. on 05/30/2019
	Joslin (JOSI2)	12.0 ft	19.24 ft on 06/07/2002	17.32 ft. on 06/01/2019
	Moline (MLII2)	12.0 ft	16.53 ft on 04/21/2013	16.21 ft. on 06/02/2019 (3rd highest crest on record)

Green River	Geneseo (GENI2)	15.0 ft	18.77 ft on 10/18/1998	17.90 ft. on 05/30/2019 (8th highest crest on record)

La Moines River	Colmar (CLMI2)	20.0 ft	28.94 ft on 04/19/2013	24.06 ft. on 05/26/2019

River and streamflow information:

National Weather Service: water.weather.gov
US Geological Survey: water.usgs.gov/waterwatch
Corps of Engineers: rivergages.com

Flood safety and flood insurance information:

NWS Flood Safety: www.floodsafety.noaa.gov
National Flood Insurance Program: www.floodsmart.gov

Precipitation, temperature, and soil moisture information:

National Operational Hydrologic Remote Sensing Center: www.nohrsc.noaa.gov
NWS Graphical 7-Day Forecast: https://graphical.weather.gov/sectors/uppermissvly.php
NWS Climate Prediction Center: www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov
US Drought Portal: www.drought.gov

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