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Prolonged Heavy Rain Event -IA, W. IL


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The heavier rain totals have been shifted farther south and east.  Iowa was the bullseye, but now it's more MO and IL.  It appears all these big MCSs just keep reinforcing the boundaries farther south.  Tonight and Wednesday the northward push of the warm front was forecast to take the heavier rain north with it, but now the nws is saying the outflow boundaries across southern Iowa and northern Missouri will be the focus for the next big round of storms.

 

My 4-day total is up to 3.47".

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL

636 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

DISCUSSION

637 PM CDT

IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH NORTHWARD TO INCLUDE ALL BUT FAR NORTHERN TIER OF COUNTIES FOR TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. RESERVOIR OF DEEP MOISTURE POOLING ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF THE QUASI-STATIONARY BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE REGION WITH PWATS AROUND 200% OF NORMAL. REGIONAL RADAR IMAGERY SHOWS LONG MOSTLY WEST-EAST AREA OF CONVECTION FIRING FROM NC IL WEST ACROSS SOUTHERN IOWA TO SE NEBRASKA. VORT MAX MOVING INTO WESTERN IOWA WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE EASTWARD TONIGHT WITH LOW LEVEL JET LIKELY TO INTENSIFY THIS EVENING IN ADVANCE OF THIS FEATURE FURTHERING ENHANCING ASCENT AND LL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE. RUC/WRF-NAM BOTH FORECAST CORFIDI VECTORS MAGNITUDE TO DROP TO NEAR ZERO TONIGHT AS THE LOW LEVEL JET INTENSIFIES...FURTHER POINTING TOWARD THE POTENTIAL FOR TRAINING CONVECTION TONIGHT. HEAVIER STORMS COULD EASILY PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN 2 INCHES PER HOUR...AND SHOULD CONVECTION BEGIN TO TRAIN AS I FEAR THEN THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED AREAS TO END UP WITH 5+ INCHES OF RAIN TONIGHT SEEMS QUITE PLAUSIBLE WITH POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOOD EVENT. IZZI

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EXCESSIVE RAINFALL DISCUSSION

NWS WEATHER PREDICTION CENTER COLLEGE PARK MD

943 PM EDT TUE MAY 28 2013

...VALID 03Z WED MAY 29 2013 - 00Z THU MAY 30 2013...

...REFERENCE AWIPS GRAPHIC UNDER...DAY 1 EXCESSIVE RAINFALL...

...PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE MID TO UPPER MS

VALLEY...

LOW LEVEL SOUTHERLY TO SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW IS EXPECTED TO REFOCUS

TONIGHT INTO THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY SLOWLY MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS

THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE MID TO UPPER MS VALLEY REGION.  PW

VALUES ALONG THIS PORTION OF THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXPECTED TO BE

1.5-2.5+ STANDARD DEVIATIONS ABOVE THE MEAN--SUPPORTING POTENTIAL

FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS.  THERE IS A LARGE SPREAD IN

THE MODELS QPF DETAILS OF WHERE THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS

WILL FOCUS---LEADING TO RELATIVELY LOW CONFIDENCE.   THE QPF AXIS

OF THE HI-RES ARW---WHICH HAS SHOWN OVERALL BETTER SKILL IN

DEPICTING THE SHAPE/SIZE OF RELATIVELY LARGE CONVECTIVE

EVENTS---WAS FOLLOWED MORE FOR DETAILS THIS PERIOD.  HOWEVER---THE

SLIGHT RISK AREA WAS EXPANDED WESTWARD FROM THE ARW AXIS TO

ACCOUNT FOR SOME OF THE SREF AND OPERATIONAL RUNS THAT HAVE HEAVY

PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OVER FAR SOUTHEASTERN NE---FAR NORTHEASTERN

KS AND NORTHWESTERN MO WHERE FFG VALUES ARE LOW.  1"+ SHORT TERM

AND 2-4"+ TOTALS POSSIBLE.

 

 

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO/ROMEOVILLE IL
859 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0858 PM     HEAVY RAIN       MIDWAY AIRPORT          41.78N 87.75W
05/28/2013  E1.96 INCH       COOK               IL   ASOS

            1.96 INCHES OF RAIN AT MIDWAY AIRPORT BETWEEN 741 PM AND
            858 PM.

 

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via DVN...

 

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HYDROLOGY...
ISSUED AT 341 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH
FLOODING REMAINS LOW WITH SCATTERED AND LESS ORGANIZED ACTIVITY.
HOWEVER...LATE TONIGHT THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT RETURNS AS THE NEXT
LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX BEGINS MOVING INTO THE AREA DURING THE
EARLY MORNING HOURS THURSDAY...AND CONTINUING FOR MUCH OF THE DAY
THURSDAY.  A SIMILAR COMPLEX IS EXPECTED FOR FRIDAY WITH MORE HEAVY
RAINFALL.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL OF THE
AREA...WITH THE WESTERN PORTION BEGINNING AT 06Z TONIGHT...AND THE
REMAINDER OF THE AREA BEGINNING AT 12Z TO TIME IN THE NEW MCS.  WE
HAVE CONTINUED THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT TO ACCOUNT
FOR THE ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING.  A TWO
DAY FORECAST RAINFALL TOTAL OF BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES FROM THURSDAY
THROUGH FRIDAY NIGHT IS CURRENTLY FORECAST.

MODERATE TO MAJOR RIVER FLOODING...AND IN SOME INSTANCES RECORD
FLOODING...WILL CONTINUE ALONG TRIBUTARY RIVERS IN EASTERN IA AND
FAR NORTHEAST MISSOURI. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IS EXPECTED TO SEE
MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING...ESPECIALLY DOWNSTREAM FROM MUSCATINE.

WITH ADDITIONAL RUNOFF FLOWING INTO THE RIVERS FROM LAST NIGHT/S
HEAVY RAIN...AND CHANGES IN FORECAST QPF...CONTINUED ADJUSTMENTS TO
BOTH THE MAGNITUDE AND TIMING OF RIVER FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED IN
UPDATED WARNING STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED FOR THE NEXT 48
HOURS.
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