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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1058 PM CDT SUN APR 8 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTHEAST IOWA

     DELAWARE AND BUCHANAN



IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

     BENTON



AT 1058 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY

RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 2 HOURS.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER PORTIONS

OF THE ADVISORY AREA...LEADING TO HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND THE 

LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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