National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office

Heavy rain fell overnight the night of May 12 to 13, 2010.  Much of the area received one to two inches of rainfall.  In a swath from Memphis, Missouri to Geneseo, Illinois amounts ranged from two to five inches, with some reports near 6 inches. 

Significant flooding has occurred with this rainfall.  Reports indicate that significant flash flood damage has occurred in Geneseo, Illinois, and Burlington, Iowa, along with many other areas.  Numerous flash and river flood warnings have been issued along the swath of heavy rain. 

  Helpful links:

• Local storm reports
• River Flood information
• Flash Flood information
• Flooding Safety information

Here is a graphic illustrating the rainfall received from Wednesday afternoon through Thursday morning.

This graphic was produced using a new experimental precipitation display process.  Click here to view these maps in realtime.

Local Storm reports.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1029 AM CDT THU MAY 13 2010

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

0530 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NE COLUSA             40.59N 91.14W
05/13/2010  M2.80 INCH       HANCOCK            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0536 AM     HEAVY RAIN       6 W MEMPHIS             40.47N 92.28W
05/13/2010  M6.00 INCH       SCOTLAND           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAINFALL OF 5 INCHES BETWEEN 6 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING AND
            330 AM THIS MORNING. ANOTHER INCH FELL ON WEDNESDAY.

0545 AM     HEAVY RAIN       KEOSAUQUA               40.73N 91.96W
05/13/2010  M3.00 INCH       VAN BUREN          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAIN TOTAL SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

0546 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 SW GRANGER            40.43N 92.02W
05/13/2010  M3.10 INCH       SCOTLAND           MO   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL SO FAR.

0610 AM     HEAVY RAIN       5 E CANTRIL             40.64N 91.98W
05/13/2010  M3.70 INCH       VAN BUREN          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL FAR.

0613 AM     HEAVY RAIN       ESE NEW LONDON          40.92N 91.40W
05/13/2010  M3.40 INCH       HENRY              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAINFALL TOTAL OVERNIGHT.

0615 AM     FLASH FLOOD      3 E COLUSA              40.57N 91.11W
05/13/2010                   HANCOCK            IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            CAMP CREEK IS OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF
            HIGHWAYS 9 AND 94 EAST OF COLUSA.

0625 AM     HEAVY RAIN       S WELLMAN               41.47N 91.84W
05/13/2010  M2.20 INCH       WASHINGTON         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR TOTAL. STILL RAINING.

0630 AM     HEAVY RAIN       FARMINGTON              40.64N 91.74W
05/13/2010  M3.80 INCH       VAN BUREN          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3.10 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE MIDNIGHT.

0635 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 N KIRKWOOD            40.89N 90.75W
05/13/2010  M4.40 INCH       WARREN             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL SINCE 1030PM ON WEDNESDAY.

0636 AM     HEAVY RAIN       GALENA                  42.42N 90.43W
05/13/2010  M3.33 INCH       JO DAVIESS         IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            STORM TOTAL SINCE YESTERDAY.

0639 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 W DUBUQUE             42.50N 90.74W
05/13/2010  M2.49 INCH       DUBUQUE            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

0652 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NE GENESEO            41.46N 90.14W
05/13/2010  M4.70 INCH       HENRY              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            SINCE 900PM WEDNESDAY.

0653 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SSE PRINCETON         41.37N 89.46W
05/13/2010  M4.10 INCH       BUREAU             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0655 AM     HEAVY RAIN       STOCKTON                42.35N 90.01W
05/13/2010  M2.79 INCH       JO DAVIESS         IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR RAINFALL TOTAL.

0657 AM     HEAVY RAIN       SALEM                   40.85N 91.62W
05/13/2010  M2.23 INCH       HENRY              IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            STORM TOTAL SO FAR.

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       ESE MONMOUTH            40.91N 90.63W
05/13/2010  M2.50 INCH       WARREN             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL SO FAR BUT HEAVY RAIN CURRENTLY FALLING.

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       BURLINGTON REGIONAL AIR 40.78N 91.13W
05/13/2010  M3.34 INCH       DES MOINES         IA   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            24 HOUR TOTAL.

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       DUBUQUE REGIONAL AIRPOR 42.40N 90.72W
05/13/2010  M2.43 INCH       DUBUQUE            IA   OFFICIAL NWS OBS

            24 HOUR TOTAL.

0703 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 NNW GENESEO           41.46N 90.16W
05/13/2010  M6.00 INCH       HENRY              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0720 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 SE ANNAWAN            41.37N 89.87W
05/13/2010  M2.20 INCH       HENRY              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0726 AM     HEAVY RAIN       6 SSE COUNCIL HILL      42.41N 90.31W
05/13/2010  M3.50 INCH       JO DAVIESS         IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            2.75 INCHES IN THE LAST 12 HOURS.

0727 AM     HEAVY RAIN       WOODHULL                41.18N 90.32W
05/13/2010  M2.21 INCH       HENRY              IL   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL.

0734 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 SE PRINCETON          41.37N 89.45W
05/13/2010  M2.65 INCH       BUREAU             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0755 AM     FLOOD            MEMPHIS                 40.46N 92.17W
05/13/2010                   SCOTLAND           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FLOODING HAS CLOSED HIGHWAY 136 ONE MILE WEST OF MEMPHIS
            WHICH HAS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE BEFORE IN THE PAST 100
            YEARS. SIX OTHER HARD SURFACED ROADS ALSO CLOSED
            THROUGHOUT SCOTLAND COUNTY. SCHOOLS CLOSED.

0810 AM     HEAVY RAIN       6 WNW BURLINGTON        40.85N 91.22W
05/13/2010  M5.50 INCH       DES MOINES         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL SINCE WEDNESDAY EVENING.

0815 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 W CAMBRIDGE           41.30N 90.20W
05/13/2010  M3.25 INCH       HENRY              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0818 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 WNW DUBUQUE           42.52N 90.76W
05/13/2010  M3.20 INCH       DUBUQUE            IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            1.20 INCHES OVERNIGHT.

0820 AM     FLOOD            1 SE MEMPHIS            40.45N 92.16W
05/13/2010                   SCOTLAND           MO   EMERGENCY MNGR

            STATE HIGHWAY MM CLOSED AND COMPLETELY COVERED WITH
            WATER.

0841 AM     HEAVY RAIN       HAZLETON                42.62N 91.91W
05/13/2010  M2.47 INCH       BUCHANAN           IA   CO-OP OBSERVER

            24 HOUR TOTAL.

0842 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 SSW BURLINGTON        40.77N 91.14W
05/13/2010  M3.90 INCH       DES MOINES         IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR TOTAL.

0844 AM     HEAVY RAIN       ESE JESUP               42.47N 92.06W
05/13/2010  M2.78 INCH       BUCHANAN           IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR TOTAL. 3.36 INCHES IN THE LAST TWO DAYS.

0845 AM     HEAVY RAIN       FARMINGTON              40.64N 91.74W
05/13/2010  M3.00 INCH       VAN BUREN          IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TOTAL FROM 9 PM TO 7 AM.

0905 AM     HEAVY RAIN       4 NE FREEPORT           42.33N 89.58W
05/13/2010  M2.75 INCH       STEPHENSON         IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

0955 AM     HEAVY RAIN       2 NW NEW BOSTON         40.59N 91.53W
05/13/2010  M4.00 INCH       LEE                IA   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR TOTAL.

1108 AM     HEAVY RAIN       3 NW HENNEPIN           41.29N 89.37W
05/13/2010  M2.75 INCH       BUREAU             IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR TOTAL.

0127 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 SW ORION              41.32N 90.42W
05/13/2010  M5.50 INCH       HENRY              IL   TRAINED SPOTTER

            24 HOUR TOTAL.