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PROBABILISTIC HYDROLOGIC OUTLOOK  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL  
448 AM CDT SUN JUN 30 2024  
   
..ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION SERVICE PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK
 
 
THIS OUTLOOK PROVIDES LONG-RANGE PROBABILISTIC RIVER OUTLOOKS FOR  
RIVER BASINS IN THE NWS QUAD CITIES SERVICE AREA. THIS OUTLOOK IS  
DIVIDED INTO THREE PARTS, THE FIRST PART FOR THE PROBABILITIES OF  
MINOR, MODERATE AND MAJOR FLOODING, THE SECOND PART FOR HIGH WATER  
AND THE FINAL PART FOR LOW WATER.  
 
IN TABLE 1 BELOW, THE CURRENT (CS) AND HISTORICAL (HS) OR NORMAL  
PROBABILITIES OF EXCEEDING MINOR, MODERATE AND MAJOR FLOOD STAGES  
ARE LISTED FOR THE VALID TIME PERIOD.  
 
CS VALUES INDICATE THE PROBABILITY OF REACHING A FLOOD CATEGORY  
BASED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS.  
 
HS VALUES INDICATE THE PROBABILITY OF REACHING A FLOOD CATEGORY  
BASED ON HISTORICAL OR NORMAL CONDITIONS.  
 
WHEN THE VALUE OF CS IS GREATER THAN HS, THE PROBABILITY OF  
EXCEEDING THAT LEVEL IS HIGHER THAN NORMAL. WHEN THE VALUE OF CS  
IS LESS THAN HS, THE PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDING THAT LEVEL IS LOWER  
THAN NORMAL.  
   
..TABLE 1--PROBABILITIES FOR MINOR...MODERATE AND MAJOR FLOODING
 
 
VALID PERIOD: 07/01/2024 - 09/29/2024  
 
: CURRENT AND HISTORICAL  
: CHANCES OF EXCEEDING  
: FLOOD CATEGORIES  
: AS A PERCENTAGE (%)  
CATEGORICAL :  
FLOOD STAGES (FT) : MINOR MODERATE MAJOR  
LOCATION MINOR MOD MAJOR : CS HS CS HS CS HS  
-------- ----- ----- ----- : --- --- --- --- --- ---  
:MISSISSIPPI RIVER  
DUBUQUE LD11 16.0 17.0 20.5 : >95 8 >95 6 <5 <5  
DUBUQUE 17.0 18.0 21.5 : >95 11 >95 7 7 <5  
BELLEVUE LD12 17.0 18.0 20.0 : >95 7 >95 <5 <5 <5  
FULTON LD13 16.0 18.0 20.0 : >95 11 >95 5 11 <5  
CAMANCHE 17.0 18.5 20.5 : >95 9 >95 5 11 <5  
LE CLAIRE LD14 11.0 12.0 13.5 : >95 13 >95 7 >95 <5  
ROCK ISLAND LD15 15.0 16.0 18.0 : >95 15 >95 13 >95 6  
ILL. CITY LD16 15.0 16.0 18.0 : >95 14 >95 13 >95 8  
MUSCATINE 16.0 18.0 20.0 : >95 15 >95 13 >95 8  
NEW BOSTON LD17 15.0 16.5 18.5 : >95 20 >95 13 >95 9  
KEITHSBURG 14.0 15.5 17.0 : >95 20 >95 12 >95 10  
GLADSTONE LD18 10.0 12.0 14.0 : >95 20 >95 11 >95 9  
BURLINGTON 15.0 16.5 18.0 : >95 19 >95 13 >95 9  
KEOKUK LD19 16.0 17.5 19.0 : >95 9 >95 8 16 <5  
GREGORY LANDING 15.0 18.0 25.0 : >95 25 >95 10 <5 <5  
 
:MAQUOKETA RIVER  
MANCHESTER HWY 20 14.0 17.0 20.0 : 25 22 17 13 8 8  
MAQUOKETA 24.0 26.0 28.5 : 18 13 14 5 8 <5  
 
:WAPSIPINICON RIVER  
INDEPENDENCE 12.0 13.0 15.0 : 16 14 12 11 7 6  
ANAMOSA SHAW RD 14.5 18.0 21.5 : 26 23 15 11 6 <5  
DE WITT 4S 11.0 11.5 12.5 : >95 55 >95 48 38 33  
 
:NORTH SKUNK RIVER  
SIGOURNEY 16.0 18.0 21.0 : 36 28 26 25 19 16  
 
:SKUNK RIVER  
AUGUSTA 15.0 17.0 20.0 : 24 19 21 17 10 10  
 
:CEDAR RIVER  
VINTON 15.0 18.0 19.0 : 25 21 8 <5 <5 <5  
PALO BLAIRS FERRY 12.5 15.5 17.0 : 28 23 <5 <5 <5 <5  
CEDAR RAPIDS 12.0 14.0 16.0 : 28 24 23 20 15 9  
CEDAR BLUFF 16.0 20.0 26.0 : 28 24 12 7 <5 <5  
CONESVILLE 13.0 15.0 16.5 : >95 42 24 20 <5 <5  
 
:IOWA RIVER  
MARENGO 15.0 17.0 19.0 : 42 42 25 28 7 8  
IOWA CITY 23.5 24.5 26.0 : <5 <5 <5 <5 <5 <5  
LONE TREE 16.0 18.5 22.0 : 27 21 8 7 <5 <5  
COLUMBUS JCT 23.0 25.0 26.5 : 17 13 <5 6 <5 <5  
WAPELLO 21.0 25.0 27.5 : >95 24 <5 5 <5 <5  
OAKVILLE 11.0 15.0 20.0 : >95 26 <5 <5 <5 <5  
 
:ENGLISH RIVER  
KALONA 14.0 16.0 18.0 : 44 34 28 19 15 13  
 
:DES MOINES RIVER  
KEOSAUQUA 22.0 25.0 27.0 : 14 11 <5 7 <5 6  
ST FRANCISVILLE 18.0 22.0 25.0 : 30 23 9 8 <5 5  
 
:FOX RIVER  
WAYLAND 15.0 18.0 20.0 : 25 23 13 10 7 6  
 
:PECATONICA RIVER  
FREEPORT 13.0 14.0 16.0 : 28 16 15 14 6 <5  
 
:ROCK RIVER  
COMO 12.5 15.5 18.0 : 28 17 10 7 <5 <5  
JOSLIN 12.0 14.0 16.5 : >95 28 33 24 16 12  
MOLINE 12.0 13.0 14.0 : 45 28 30 22 19 16  
 
:GREEN RIVER  
GENESEO 15.0 16.5 18.0 : 10 10 <5 5 <5 <5  
 
:LA MOINE RIVER  
COLMAR 20.0 22.0 24.0 : 40 34 28 24 12 12  
 
LEGEND  
CS = CONDITIONAL SIMULATION (CURRENT OUTLOOK)  
HS = HISTORICAL SIMULATION  
FT = FEET  
 
IN TABLE 2 BELOW...THE 95 THROUGH 5 PERCENT COLUMNS INDICATE THE  
PROBABILITY OF EXCEEDING THE LISTED STAGE LEVELS (FT) FOR THE VALID  
TIME PERIOD.  
   
..TABLE 2--EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITIES
 
 
CHANCE OF EXCEEDING STAGES  
AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS  
VALID PERIOD: 07/01/2024 - 09/29/2024  
LOCATION 95% 90% 75% 50% 25% 10% 5%  
-------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------  
:MISSISSIPPI RIVER  
DUBUQUE LD11 19.6 19.6 19.6 19.6 19.6 19.6 19.9  
DUBUQUE 21.4 21.4 21.4 21.4 21.4 21.4 21.7  
BELLEVUE LD12 19.1 19.1 19.1 19.1 19.1 19.2 19.6  
FULTON LD13 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7 20.1 21.2  
CAMANCHE 20.2 20.2 20.2 20.2 20.3 20.7 21.8  
LE CLAIRE LD14 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.8 13.9 14.7 15.5  
ROCK ISLAND LD15 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.0 19.1 20.2 20.9  
ILL. CITY LD16 19.1 19.1 19.1 19.1 19.3 20.8 21.9  
MUSCATINE 20.9 20.9 20.9 20.9 21.1 22.4 23.5  
NEW BOSTON LD17 20.2 20.2 20.2 20.3 20.5 21.5 22.3  
KEITHSBURG 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.2 19.0 19.9  
GLADSTONE LD18 14.8 14.8 14.8 14.8 14.9 15.8 16.9  
BURLINGTON 18.9 18.9 18.9 18.9 19.1 19.9 21.0  
KEOKUK LD19 17.8 17.8 17.9 17.9 18.4 19.3 20.4  
GREGORY LANDING 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.1 21.3 22.3 23.2  
 
:MAQUOKETA RIVER  
MANCHESTER HWY 20 4.3 4.4 5.7 8.3 14.0 18.7 21.1  
MAQUOKETA 12.4 12.4 12.8 15.4 21.4 28.0 29.2  
 
:WAPSIPINICON RIVER  
INDEPENDENCE 6.8 6.8 6.8 7.5 9.6 13.8 16.3  
ANAMOSA SHAW RD 10.6 10.6 10.6 10.7 14.7 19.4 21.9  
DE WITT 4S 12.2 12.2 12.2 12.2 13.5 13.9 14.0  
 
:NORTH SKUNK RIVER  
SIGOURNEY 13.9 13.9 14.0 14.4 18.1 23.8 24.9  
 
:SKUNK RIVER  
AUGUSTA 10.2 10.2 10.3 10.5 14.4 19.9 23.6  
 
:CEDAR RIVER  
VINTON 8.4 8.4 9.0 11.2 14.9 17.8 18.1  
PALO BLAIRS FERRY 8.7 8.7 8.7 9.9 12.9 15.1 15.5  
CEDAR RAPIDS 7.6 7.6 7.6 8.7 13.3 17.1 17.8  
CEDAR BLUFF 11.3 11.3 11.4 11.9 16.8 20.3 20.7  
CONESVILLE 13.6 13.6 13.6 13.6 14.9 16.1 16.4  
 
:IOWA RIVER  
MARENGO 10.9 10.9 11.0 14.3 17.0 18.6 19.1  
IOWA CITY 13.9 13.9 14.0 16.2 19.3 21.0 22.3  
LONE TREE 11.7 11.8 11.8 12.3 16.3 17.6 19.5  
COLUMBUS JCT 19.9 19.9 20.0 20.0 21.9 23.7 24.4  
WAPELLO 21.9 21.9 21.9 21.9 22.4 23.8 24.5  
OAKVILLE 11.8 11.8 11.8 11.8 12.2 13.6 14.2  
 
:ENGLISH RIVER  
KALONA 12.2 12.2 12.3 13.1 16.4 19.2 20.7  
 
:DES MOINES RIVER  
KEOSAUQUA 16.3 16.3 16.3 17.7 20.2 22.9 24.6  
ST FRANCISVILLE 15.5 15.5 15.5 16.4 18.9 21.9 23.4  
 
:FOX RIVER  
WAYLAND 5.8 5.8 5.9 8.2 15.1 18.5 20.8  
 
:PECATONICA RIVER  
FREEPORT 9.8 9.8 10.0 11.0 13.3 15.3 16.3  
 
:ROCK RIVER  
COMO 9.8 9.8 9.9 10.1 13.0 15.7 17.8  
JOSLIN 12.2 12.2 12.3 12.4 15.2 18.0 20.0  
MOLINE 11.5 11.5 11.6 11.8 13.4 15.5 17.7  
 
:GREEN RIVER  
GENESEO 6.8 6.9 6.9 7.3 12.0 15.1 16.3  
 
:LA MOINE RIVER  
COLMAR 9.4 9.6 9.8 16.6 22.2 24.9 25.7  
 
IN TABLE 3 BELOW...THE 95 THROUGH 5 PERCENT COLUMNS INDICATE THE  
PROBABILITY OF FALLING BELOW THE LISTED STAGE LEVELS (FT) FOR THE  
VALID TIME PERIOD.  
   
..TABLE 3--NONEXCEEDANCE PROBABILITIES
 
 
CHANCE OF FALLING BELOW STAGES  
AT SPECIFIC LOCATIONS  
VALID PERIOD: 07/01/2024 - 09/29/2024  
LOCATION 95% 90% 75% 50% 25% 10% 5%  
-------- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------  
:MISSISSIPPI RIVER  
DUBUQUE LD11 6.4 6.2 5.3 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.3  
DUBUQUE 8.8 8.6 8.1 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.4  
BELLEVUE LD12 7.1 6.6 5.2 4.7 4.3 4.1 3.9  
FULTON LD13 6.8 6.2 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.5 4.4  
CAMANCHE 9.8 9.5 9.1 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.7  
LE CLAIRE LD14 5.7 5.4 4.9 4.7 4.6 4.5 4.5  
ROCK ISLAND LD15 7.3 6.4 5.6 5.1 4.7 4.5 4.3  
ILL. CITY LD16 5.9 5.1 4.5 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.5  
MUSCATINE 7.7 7.1 6.6 6.3 6.2 6.0 5.9  
NEW BOSTON LD17 7.0 5.9 4.8 4.2 3.8 3.6 3.4  
KEITHSBURG 8.4 7.4 6.4 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.5  
GLADSTONE LD18 3.9 3.0 2.1 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0  
BURLINGTON 9.9 9.0 8.3 8.1 7.9 7.7 7.6  
KEOKUK LD19 6.0 5.1 4.2 3.5 2.6 2.4 2.3  
GREGORY LANDING 8.4 6.9 6.7 6.4 6.3 6.2 6.2  
:MAQUOKETA RIVER  
MANCHESTER HWY 20 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8  
MAQUOKETA 10.9 10.8 10.6 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.1  
 
:WAPSIPINICON RIVER  
INDEPENDENCE 5.1 5.0 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.6 4.5  
ANAMOSA SHAW RD 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.8 4.6 4.6 4.5  
DE WITT 4S 6.5 6.2 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.2 5.1  
 
:NORTH SKUNK RIVER  
SIGOURNEY 4.6 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5  
 
:SKUNK RIVER  
AUGUSTA 3.6 3.1 2.6 2.3 2.1 2.0 2.0  
 
:CEDAR RIVER  
VINTON 3.9 3.5 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.4 2.4  
PALO BLAIRS FERRY 3.8 3.5 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.5 2.5  
CEDAR RAPIDS 4.2 4.1 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.5  
CEDAR BLUFF 5.5 5.3 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.3  
CONESVILLE 6.9 6.6 6.2 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.6  
 
:IOWA RIVER  
MARENGO 7.6 7.3 7.0 6.6 6.4 6.3 6.2  
IOWA CITY 10.6 10.0 9.1 9.1 9.0 9.0 9.0  
LONE TREE 5.6 5.3 4.1 3.8 3.6 3.6 3.6  
COLUMBUS JCT 10.7 10.4 9.8 9.4 9.1 8.9 8.9  
WAPELLO 12.7 12.4 11.7 11.3 10.8 10.6 10.5  
OAKVILLE 3.6 3.3 2.8 2.5 2.1 1.9 1.8  
 
:ENGLISH RIVER  
KALONA 4.7 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8  
 
:DES MOINES RIVER  
KEOSAUQUA 13.2 11.3 10.6 9.6 9.5 9.5 9.5  
ST FRANCISVILLE 10.7 8.2 7.3 5.7 5.6 5.5 5.5  
 
:FOX RIVER  
WAYLAND 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.4 1.4  
 
:PECATONICA RIVER  
FREEPORT 5.9 5.7 5.2 4.7 4.5 4.2 4.1  
 
:ROCK RIVER  
COMO 4.9 4.3 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.3  
JOSLIN 6.4 5.6 5.1 4.7 4.4 4.3 4.2  
MOLINE 8.9 8.6 8.3 8.1 8.0 7.9 7.9  
 
:GREEN RIVER  
GENESEO 2.8 2.6 2.3 2.1 1.8 1.7 1.7  
 
:LA MOINE RIVER  
COLMAR 4.1 3.7 3.4 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.8  
 
THESE LONG-RANGE PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOKS CONTAIN FORECAST VALUES THAT  
ARE CALCULATED USING MULTIPLE SEASON SCENARIOS FROM 30 OR MORE YEARS  
OF CLIMATOLOGICAL DATA, INCLUDING CURRENT CONDITIONS OF THE  
RIVER, SOIL MOISTURE, SNOW COVER, AND 30 TO 90 DAY LONG-RANGE  
OUTLOOKS OF TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION. BY PROVIDING A RANGE OF  
PROBABILITIES, THE LEVEL OF RISK ASSOCIATED WITH LONG-RANGE PLANNING  
DECISIONS CAN BE DETERMINED. THESE PROBABILISTIC FORECASTS ARE PART  
OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE'S ADVANCED HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION  
SERVICE.  
 
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WATER INFORMATION.  
 
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