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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

453 AM CDT SAT APR 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CDT SATURDAY

MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

     LEE AND VAN BUREN



AT 453 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY

RAIN FALLING OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH ESTIMATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN IN THE LAST 4 HOURS.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...UNDERPASSES...AND CURB DEEP FLOODING IN URBAN AREAS.  

THE AREA MOST AT RISK FOR MINOR STREET AND CREEK FLOODING EXTENDS 

ACROSS SOUTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY AND INTO NORTHERN LEE COUNTY. 



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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