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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

415 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR CLARK COUNTY

IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...VAN

BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AND KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...



AT 410 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

SWATH OF HEAVY RAIN OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN FROM EASTERN KEOKUK 

COUNTY INTO NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...AND FROM SOUTHERN VAN BUREN

COUNTY INTO CLARK COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT SEVERAL ROADS ARE 

COVERED WITH STANDING WATER IN THE WARNED AREA.    



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN WAS DIMINISHING

OVER KEOKUK AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES...AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF 

JEFFERSON AND CLARK COUNTIES. HOWEVER...EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS 

TAPERED OFF IN THESE AREAS...STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY REMAIN 

SWOLLEN AND OUT OF THEIR BANKS FOR A WHILE LONGER. SOME ROADS WILL 

ALSO REMAIN COVERED IN WATER. THE DES MOINES RIVER AT KEOSAUQUA WAS 

RISING QUICKLY...AND COULD RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 7 AM OR 8 AM. 

PERSONS ALONG THE RIVER...SHOULD BEGIN TAKING THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.



HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 

HOUR...EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO KAHOKA BEFORE DIMINISHING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS 

RAIN...FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND...WILL FORCE ADDITIONAL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND RESULT IN STANDING WATER ON

ROADWAYS.



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 4136 9205 4070 9172 4043 9187 4141 9232



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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

415 AM CDT MON MAY 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR CLARK COUNTY

IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...VAN

BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AND KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...



AT 410 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

SWATH OF HEAVY RAIN OF 3 TO 6 INCHES HAS FALLEN FROM EASTERN KEOKUK 

COUNTY INTO NORTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY...AND FROM SOUTHERN VAN BUREN

COUNTY INTO CLARK COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT SEVERAL ROADS ARE 

COVERED WITH STANDING WATER IN THE WARNED AREA.    



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN WAS DIMINISHING

OVER KEOKUK AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES...AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF 

JEFFERSON AND CLARK COUNTIES. HOWEVER...EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS 

TAPERED OFF IN THESE AREAS...STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL LIKELY REMAIN 

SWOLLEN AND OUT OF THEIR BANKS FOR A WHILE LONGER. SOME ROADS WILL 

ALSO REMAIN COVERED IN WATER. THE DES MOINES RIVER AT KEOSAUQUA WAS 

RISING QUICKLY...AND COULD RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 7 AM OR 8 AM. 

PERSONS ALONG THE RIVER...SHOULD BEGIN TAKING THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.



HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 

HOUR...EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRFIELD TO KAHOKA BEFORE DIMINISHING.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS 

RAIN...FALLING ON SATURATED GROUND...WILL FORCE ADDITIONAL CREEKS 

AND STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS...AND RESULT IN STANDING WATER ON

ROADWAYS.



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 4136 9205 4070 9172 4043 9187 4141 9232



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