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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

344 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 630 AM CDT



* AT 340 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER

  PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...LEADING TO VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES

  AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 

AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES NEAR 

KALONA. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 4 TO 6 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM NEAR BRIGHTON TO WEST OF WEST CHESTER. 

THIS RAIN...AND 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 4149 9154 4121 9150 4121 9182 4150 9189



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