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IAC101-107-177-MOC045-141015-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

216 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 515 AM CDT



* AT 215 AM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS AND DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE TRAINING OR REPEATING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS WAS LEADING TO VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES

AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP 

TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. 

THIS RAIN...AND THE ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 INCHES OF EXPECTED HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND 

OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 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 FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT

QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY

IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



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 4088 9173 4039 9171 4041 9192 4090 9201



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