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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1147 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 COUNTY



IN NORTHEAST IOWA

     DUBUQUE



AT 1147 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY

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

ESTIMATES OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST 3 HOURS.



THUNDERSTORMS ARE 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.



LAT...LON 4269 9096 4265 9115 4232 9113 4232 9093

          4241 9064 4261 9073



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