Event Summary: September 12, 2019

Overview

Heavy rain-producing showers and storms moved across areas north of Interstate 80 on September 11 and 12. The higher 2-day rainfall totals were between 3 and 6 inches. The Dubuque Airport had a record rainfall total of 1.98" on September 11. On the 12th, the Dubuque Airport picked up another 3.70" of rain making the 2-day total 5.68".

Flash flooding occurred in Dubuque, where fast moving water over a foot deep poured down streets. The Mississippi River in the Dubuque area rose about 3 feet while the Pecatonica River near Freeport rose about 6 feet.

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Interactive Radar Loop (5pm 9/11 - 4am 9/12)	Interactive Radar Loop (3pm 9/12 - 5am 9/13)

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 454 AM CDT FRI SEP 13 2019 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0100 AM HEAVY RAIN DUBUQUE REGIONAL ARPT 42.40N 90.72W 09/13/2019 M3.70 INCH DUBUQUE IA ASOS DAILY 24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL FOR SEPTEMBER 12 WAS 3.70 INCHES. THE TOTAL FOR SEPTEMBER 11 WAS 1.98 INCHES. THE 2 DAY TOTAL IS 5.68 INCHES. 1130 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 NW ELEROY 42.35N 89.79W 09/12/2019 STEPHENSON IL EMERGENCY MNGR WATER OVER HIGHWAY 20 ESTIMATED 4 INCHES DEEP. LAW ENFORCEMENT ADVISED TRAFFIC TO AVOID THIS STRETCH OF THE HIGHWAY. 1127 PM TSTM WND GST 1 NE ROCK FALLS 41.78N 89.68W 09/12/2019 E50 MPH WHITESIDE IL PUBLIC 50 TO 55 MPH GUSTS AND SMALL BRANCHES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. 0932 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 NW DUBUQUE 42.52N 90.70W 09/12/2019 M1.80 INCH DUBUQUE IA TRAINED SPOTTER 1.80 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 6:30 PM - RAINFALL SINCE MIDNIGHT IS 5.65 INCHES. 0909 PM TSTM WND GST WARREN 42.49N 89.99W 09/12/2019 M40 MPH JO DAVIESS IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0909 PM TSTM WND DMG WARREN 42.49N 89.99W 09/12/2019 JO DAVIESS IL TRAINED SPOTTER SMALL BRANCHES DOWN. 0909 PM HAIL WARREN 42.49N 89.99W 09/12/2019 M0.70 INCH JO DAVIESS IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0835 PM HEAVY RAIN 3 SSW CENTER JUNCTION 42.09N 91.12W 09/12/2019 M1.43 INCH JONES IA TRAINED SPOTTER RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 2 1/2 HOURS. 0828 PM HEAVY RAIN 1 N DUBUQUE 42.52N 90.69W 09/12/2019 M1.75 INCH DUBUQUE IA TRAINED SPOTTER RAINFALL IN ONE HOUR. 0828 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 N DUBUQUE 42.52N 90.69W 09/12/2019 DUBUQUE IA TRAINED SPOTTER FLASH FLOODING NEAR 32ND & N. GRANDVIEW AREA. 0810 PM FLASH FLOOD DUBUQUE 42.50N 90.69W 09/12/2019 DUBUQUE IA EMERGENCY MNGR STREET FLOODING IN DOWNTOWN WITH LOTS OF MANHOLE COVERS LIFTED BY THE WATER. 0800 PM FLASH FLOOD 2 WNW DUBUQUE 42.51N 90.72W 09/12/2019 DUBUQUE IA EMERGENCY MNGR STALLED CAR NEAR KAUFMANN AVE AND TRYGG DR DUE TO RAPID RISING WATER. 0800 PM FLASH FLOOD 1 E DUBUQUE 42.51N 90.66W 09/12/2019 DUBUQUE IA EMERGENCY MNGR DAMAGE TO CARS THAT STALLED IN LOW LYING INTERSECTIONS IN TOWN, NEAR 12TH AND ELM. 0720 PM TSTM WND GST DUBUQUE REGIONAL ARPT 42.40N 90.72W 09/12/2019 M49 MPH DUBUQUE IA ASOS 0522 PM TSTM WND DMG MANCHESTER 42.48N 91.46W 09/12/2019 DELAWARE IA TRAINED SPOTTER TREES AND BRANCHES DOWN NEAR EAST MAIN AND D5X. 0450 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 NE CEDAR RAPIDS 42.00N 91.64W 09/12/2019 LINN IA PUBLIC REPORT FROM MPING: TREE LIMBS BROKEN. 0445 PM TSTM WND DMG MARION 42.03N 91.59W 09/12/2019 LINN IA BROADCAST MEDIA SEVERAL TREE LIMBS DOWN IN THE ROAD. TIME ESTIMATE FRONT RADAR. 0442 PM TSTM WND GST 1 N INDEPENDENCE 42.49N 91.89W 09/12/2019 E50 MPH BUCHANAN IA TRAINED SPOTTER SUSTAINED AT 45 MPH FOLLOWING THE GUST. 0440 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 SE HIAWATHA 42.02N 91.65W 09/12/2019 LINN IA BROADCAST MEDIA LARGE TREE LIMB DOWN IN DRIVEWAY ON CLIFTON ST NE, RELAYED BY BROADCAST MEDIA. 0437 PM TSTM WND GST EASTERN IOWA AIRPORT 41.89N 91.70W 09/12/2019 M52 MPH LINN IA ASOS REPORTED AT CEDAR RAPIDS AIRPORT. && $$ PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL 908 AM CDT FRI SEP 13 2019 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0900 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 WNW MORRISON 41.81N 89.98W 09/13/2019 M2.10 INCH WHITESIDE IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0804 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SW FREEPORT 42.29N 89.64W 09/13/2019 M3.10 INCH STEPHENSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER 0800 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 NNE BETTENDORF 41.58N 90.47W 09/13/2019 M1.75 INCH SCOTT IA TRAINED SPOTTER 0730 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 SW WINNESHIEK 42.32N 89.57W 09/13/2019 M2.50 INCH STEPHENSON IL TRAINED SPOTTER 24 HR TOTAL. 0730 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 N STOCKTON 42.40N 90.00W 09/13/2019 M2.23 INCH JO DAVIESS IL CO-OP OBSERVER RAINFALL FROM LAST NIGHT. 0730 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 SW SAINT DONATUS 42.35N 90.57W 09/13/2019 M3.10 INCH JACKSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER 24 HR TOTAL. 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 E FREEPORT 42.30N 89.60W 09/13/2019 M2.93 INCH STEPHENSON IL CO-OP OBSERVER 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 SE GALENA 42.40N 90.39W 09/13/2019 M2.41 INCH JO DAVIESS IL CO-OP OBSERVER 24 HR TOTAL. 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 E KEWANEE 41.24N 89.90W 09/13/2019 M1.24 INCH HENRY IL CO-OP OBSERVER CO-OP OBSERVER STATION KEWI2 KEWANEE 1 E. 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 SE PRINCETON 41.37N 89.45W 09/13/2019 M1.19 INCH BUREAU IL CO-OP OBSERVER 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN DAVENPORT AIRPORT 41.61N 90.58W 09/13/2019 M1.65 INCH SCOTT IA OFFICIAL NWS OBS 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 W BETTENDORF 41.56N 90.49W 09/13/2019 M1.74 INCH SCOTT IA TRAINED SPOTTER 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 W MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL 42.05N 90.75W 09/13/2019 M1.00 INCH JACKSON IA CO-OP OBSERVER CO-OP OBSERVER STATION MKTI4 MAQUOKETA. 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN DUBUQUE REGIONAL ARPT 42.41N 90.73W 09/13/2019 M3.11 INCH DUBUQUE IA OFFICIAL NWS OBS 24 HR TOTAL. COOP SITE JUST WEST OF AIRPORT. 0630 AM HEAVY RAIN ELIZABETH 42.32N 90.23W 09/13/2019 M2.15 INCH JO DAVIESS IL CO-OP OBSERVER CO-OP OBSERVER STATION EZBI2 ELIZABETH. 0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NNW GENESEO 41.48N 90.17W 09/13/2019 M1.64 INCH HENRY IL CO-OP OBSERVER CO-OP OBSERVER STATION GENI2 GREEN R AT. 0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 SW LE CLAIRE 41.57N 90.40W 09/13/2019 M1.07 INCH SCOTT IA CO-OP OBSERVER 0600 AM HEAVY RAIN BELLEVUE 42.26N 90.42W 09/13/2019 M1.25 INCH JACKSON IA CO-OP OBSERVER 0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 3 NNE DUBUQUE 42.54N 90.65W 09/13/2019 M1.95 INCH DUBUQUE IA CO-OP OBSERVER 0600 AM HEAVY RAIN 2 E DUBUQUE 42.50N 90.65W 09/13/2019 M2.64 INCH DUBUQUE IA CO-OP OBSERVER CO-OP OBSERVER STATION DBQI4 NO.2-RIVER. && $$

Rain Reports

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24 hour precipitation reports (in Inches), for eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois, and northeast Missouri. Reported between Midnight and 9 AM, Thursday September 12, 2019. ....IOWA.... Guttenberg Dam 10 4.04 Rickardsville 0.2 W 3.45 Dubuque #3 7 SW 3.40 Dubuque Arpt 7 SW 2.84 Dubuque 1.4 WSW 2.37 Tripoli 0 N 2.18 Elkader 6SSW 2.00 Bellevue LD12 1.75 Boone 1 SSW 1.08 Fayette 1 NW 1.00 Strawberry Point 0.93 Oelwein 1E 0.91 Oelwein AWOS 0.76 Waterloo ASOS 5 NW 0.74 Stanley 0.71 Cresco 1 NE 0.58 Mason City ASOS 6 W 0.54 Manchester 0.54 Manchester 1.1 N 0.49 Perry 0 W 0.44 Ames US 30 2 SSE 0.44 Hampton 1 N 0.42 Marshalltown ASOS 4 N 0.38 Mount Auburn 2.2 NNW 0.36 Independence 0.9 WNW 0.31 Marshalltown 1 NW 0.24 Eldridge 0.6 S 0.23 Eldridge 0.7 SSW 0.22 Cascade 0.21 Mason City 1 NNE 0.17 Marion 1.7 NNW 0.16 Hopkinton 5.4 WSW 0.14 Pella 4 N 0.13 NWS Johnston* 5 NNW 0.11 Toledo 3 N 0.10 Belle Plaine 0.09 Central City 6.7 W 0.09 Pella AWOS 2 WSW 0.09 Center Point 0.6 NNW 0.08 Davenport Arpt 5 N 0.08 Coggon 0.08 Marengo 3.6 N 0.07 Tipton 0.7 N 0.06 North Liberty 0.7 SSW 0.05 Monticello 1 E 0.05 Iowa City 8.0 NE 0.05 Maquoketa 4 W 0.03 Fairfax 4.0 NW 0.02 Grinnell 2 SW 0.02 Center Junction 2.6 W 0.02 Park View 0.2 WSW 0.01 Cedar Rapids 2.7 NE 0.00 Bettendorf 2.2 SE 0.00 Anamosa 1.9 SE 0.00 Cedar Rapids Arpt 5 SW 0.00 Muscatine 2N 0.00 Rathbun Reservoir 2 N 0.00 Davenport 0.9 SSW 0.00 Iowa City Arpt 0.00 Marengo 0.00 Parnell 0.1 SSW 0.00 Calamus 2.0 NE 0.00 Anamosa 3 SSW 0.00 Camanche 1.2 W 0.00 Burlington Arpt 2 SW 0.00 Wapello 0.2 S 0.00 Centerville 0 NE 0.00 Morning Sun 1.7 E 0.00 Wellman 4.0 E 0.00 Solon 0.3 ESE 0.00 Brighton 0.00 Le Claire LD14 0.00 Riverdale 0.5 N 0.00 Oskaloosa 1 NNW 0.00 Keosauqua 0.00 Fairfield 0.00 Coralville 1.3 SE 0.00 Beaconsfield 1 NNE 0.00 Davenport 0.9 WNW 0.00 Iowa City 0.00 Marengo 2.6 SSW 0.00 Ottumwa ASOS 6 NNW 0.00 Donnellson 0.00 Davenport 2.9 W 0.00 Keokuk LD19 0.00 West Point 7.5 NW 0.00 Fairfield 0.6 E 0.00 Grinnell AWOS 2 SSW 0.00 Salem 3.1 ESE 0.00 Oskaloosa AWOS 9 ESE 0.00 Washington 0.00 Ely 0.5 SE 0.00 West Branch 2.0 NNW 0.00 Ainsworth 7.4 N 0.00 Williamsburg 0.00 ....ILLINOIS.... Mundelein 3.21 Freeport 2.35 Rockford ASOS 2.03 Stockton 3.4 NNE 2.02 Freeport 1.7 NW 1.89 Ridott 0.1 NE 1.86 Freeport 2.0 NW 1.85 Freeport 2.9 WSW 1.70 Dakota 4.8 NW 1.53 Elizabeth 1.25 Galena 1.09 Davis 0.5 N 0.88 Winslow 4.3 ESE 0.84 Quad City Arpt 3 S 0.63 Orangeville 2.8 NW 0.55 Coal Valley 1.9 SE 0.21 Shannon 0.2 S 0.19 Geneseo 2.0 NW 0.16 Milan 8.8 SSW 0.14 Romeoville 0.14 Moline 0.7 NNE 0.11 Aledo 0.08 Streator 3 SE 0.06 Ill. City LD16 3 WNW 0.06 Illinois City 6.7 SW 0.05 Moline 0.9 N 0.03 Prophetstown 0.2 SW 0.01 Atkinson 2.6 NNE 0.01 Decatur Airport 0.00 Tiskilwa 2.1 N 0.00 Princeton 1.1 SE 0.00 Ottawa 4 SW 0.00 Galva 2.7 NE 0.00 Bentley 0.00 Jacksonville AWOS 0.00 Steward 0.00 Rochelle AWOS 0.00 Paw Paw 1 E 0.00 Gladstone LD18 0.00 Mendota 2 SE 0.00 Fulton LD13 0.00 Augusta 0.00 Princeton 0.00 Coleta 1.4 SSW 0.00 Peoria ASOS 0.00 New Boston LD17 0.00 Kewanee 1 E 0.00 Colchester 3.5 NE 0.00 Dallas City 3.0 SSE 0.00 Joliet 0.00 Nauvoo 0.7 SSE 0.00 Quincy ASOS 0.00 Warsaw 5.8 SE 0.00 St Anne 0.00 Bloomington Airport 0.00 Rochelle 0.00 Galesburg Arpt 3 SW 0.00 Lincoln NWS 0.00 ....MISSOURI.... Kirksville ASOS 0.00 Memphis 0.00 Chillicothe 2 NW 0.00 Columbia 0.00 ....WISCONSIN.... Beloit-College 3.21 Steuben 4SE 3 NE 2.07 Viroqua 1.75 Allenton-WWTP .6 NW 1.56 Delavan-1 W-WWTP 1 W 1.39 Monroe 1 W 0.92 Brodhead 1 SW 0.79 La Crosse WFO 0.61 Madison-ASOS 0.57 Darlington 0.17 Watertown-AWOS 0.00 Prairie du Chien AWOS 0.00 ....MINNESOTA.... Grand Meadow 0.85 Preston 0.33		24 hour precipitation reports (in Inches), for eastern Iowa, northwest and west central Illinois, and northeast Missouri. Reported between Midnight and 9 AM, Friday September 13, 2019. ....IOWA.... Dubuque #3 7 SW 3.11 Cresco 1 NE 2.90 Dubuque Arpt 7 SW 2.84 Camanche 1.2 W 2.48 Dubuque 1.4 WSW 2.35 Peosta 2.9 E 2.30 Guttenberg Dam 10 1.98 Dubuque LD11 1.95 Davenport 2.9 W 1.74 Mason City ASOS 6 W 1.73 Davenport 0.9 WNW 1.70 Bettendorf 1.6 WSW 1.64 Davenport 0.9 SSW 1.55 Mason City 1 NNE 1.39 Strawberry Point 1.31 Bellevue LD12 1.25 Elkader 6SSW 1.20 Fayette 1 NW 1.10 Rickardsville 0.2 W 1.09 Riverdale 0.5 N 1.09 Davenport Arpt 5 N 1.09 Le Claire LD14 1.07 Maquoketa 4 W 1.00 Bettendorf 2.2 SE 0.91 Park View 0.2 WSW 0.83 Tripoli 0 N 0.75 Boone 1 SSW 0.74 Iowa City Arpt 0.69 Charlotte 1.9 WNW 0.69 Marion 1.7 NNW 0.68 Wellman 4.0 E 0.64 Coralville 1.4 S 0.61 Coggon 0.60 Burlington 0.8 SSE 0.55 Eldridge 0.7 SSW 0.54 Coralville 1.3 SE 0.54 Perry 0 W 0.53 Cascade 0.52 Ely 0.5 SE 0.52 North Liberty 0.7 SSW 0.50 Oelwein AWOS 0.49 Burlington Arpt 2 SW 0.47 Manchester 0.47 North English 0.46 Muscatine 2.1 N 0.45 Anamosa 1.9 SE 0.45 Burlington 6.5 SSW 0.43 Monticello 1 E 0.40 Cedar Rapids Arpt 5 SW 0.39 Nichols 3.2 SSW 0.37 Muscatine 2N 0.37 Vinton 0.36 Marshalltown ASOS 4 N 0.34 Independence 0.9 WNW 0.34 Calamus 2.0 NE 0.34 Anamosa 3 SSW 0.32 Mount Auburn 2.2 NNW 0.32 Kalona 7.3 NNW 0.29 Cedar Rapids 2.7 NE 0.28 Stanley 0.28 Central City 6.7 W 0.27 West Branch 2.0 NNW 0.27 Muscatine 1.4 N 0.25 Marshalltown 1 NW 0.24 Marengo 0.24 Waterloo ASOS 5 NW 0.19 Keokuk LD19 0.19 Toledo 3 N 0.18 Tipton 0.7 N 0.14 Ames US 30 2 SSE 0.13 Washington 0.13 Ainsworth 7.4 N 0.12 Hampton 1 N 0.10 NWS Johnston* 5 NNW 0.10 Oskaloosa AWOS 9 ESE 0.10 Center Point 0.6 NNW 0.07 Grinnell AWOS 2 SSW 0.07 Wapello 0.2 S 0.06 New London 1.5 SW 0.06 Brighton 0.05 Oskaloosa 1 NNW 0.05 West Point 7.5 NW 0.05 Pella AWOS 2 WSW 0.05 Newton 1 NE 0.04 Fairfield 0.03 Beaconsfield 1 NNE 0.03 Ottumwa ASOS 6 NNW 0.03 Washington 5.8 SW 0.03 Rathbun Reservoir 2 N 0.01 Fairfield 0.6 E 0.01 Salem 3.1 ESE 0.01 Pella 4 N 0.00 Centerville 0 NE 0.00 Keosauqua 0.00 Albia 3 NNE 0.00 Donnellson 0.00 ....ILLINOIS.... Freeport 1.7 ESE 2.98 Rochelle 2.96 Freeport 2.93 Ridott 0.1 NE 2.91 Rockford ASOS 2.88 Mundelein 2.74 Lanark 6.0 E 2.73 Shannon 0.2 S 2.69 Steward 2.62 Freeport 2.9 WSW 2.45 Galena 2.41 Stockton 3.4 NNE 2.23 Freeport 1.7 NW 2.18 Rochelle AWOS 2.17 Elizabeth 2.15 Coleta 1.4 SSW 2.13 Prophetstown 0.2 SW 1.98 Davis 0.5 N 1.97 Freeport 2.0 NW 1.95 Orangeville 2.8 NW 1.87 Hanover 0.2 NW 1.73 Paw Paw 1 E 1.66 Morrison 3.2 E 1.60 Winslow 4.3 ESE 1.58 Dakota 4.8 NW 1.51 Andover 4.0 S 1.35 Alpha 2.3 N 1.34 Cambridge 5.9 SW 1.25 Kewanee 1 E 1.24 Mendota 2 SE 1.21 Tiskilwa 2.1 N 1.20 Princeton 1.1 SE 1.19 Princeton 1.19 Alexis 1 SW 1.15 Geneseo 2.0 NW 1.13 Woodhull 0.3 ESE 1.12 Galva 2.7 NE 0.96 Quad City Arpt 3 S 0.94 Ottawa 4 SW 0.93 Moline 0.7 NNE 0.91 New Windsor 2.0 N 0.85 Romeoville 0.76 Coal Valley 1.9 SE 0.75 Joliet 0.73 Aledo 0.48 La Harpe 0.42 Streator 3 SE 0.42 Illinois City 6.7 SW 0.41 Gladstone LD18 0.40 Ill. City LD16 3 WNW 0.25 Warsaw 5.8 SE 0.21 New Boston LD17 0.18 Dallas City 3.0 SSE 0.16 Lincoln NWS 0.10 Bentley 0.09 Peoria ASOS 0.06 Colchester 3.5 NE 0.04 Macomb 0.04 Bloomington Airport 0.03 Augusta 0.02 Decatur Airport 0.00 Jacksonville AWOS 0.00 Quincy ASOS 0.00 St Anne 0.00 Galesburg Arpt 3 SW 0.00 ....MISSOURI.... Memphis 0.03 Chillicothe 2 NW 0.02 Memphis 0.1 S 0.01 Kirksville ASOS 0.00 Columbia 0.00 ....WISCONSIN.... Darlington 2.90 Delavan-1 W-WWTP 1 W 2.50 Beloit-College 2.34 Steuben 4SE 3 NE 2.31 Viroqua 1.87 La Crosse WFO 1.85 Madison-ASOS 1.35 Brodhead 1 SW 1.11 Monroe 1 W 1.10 Watertown-AWOS 0.00 Prairie du Chien AWOS 0.00 ....MINNESOTA.... Grand Meadow 3.66 Preston 2.52

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