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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1201 AM CDT MON APR 9 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 EAST CENTRAL IOWA

     LINN



AT 1201 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY

RAIN FALLING OVER NORTHERN LINN COUNTY...WITH DOPPLER RADAR 

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



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS LINN 

COUNTY...LEADING TO HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR 

FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN WILL AFFECT ALL OF LINN COUNTY DURING THE EARLY 

MORNING HOURS...INCLUDING THE CEDAR RAPIDS METRO AREA...RESULTING IN 

POTENTIAL URBAN STREET FLOODING.



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 4227 9141 4227 9181 4189 9185 4186 9139



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