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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

100 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 600 AM CDT



* AT 100 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED 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.



WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTIES OVER 

THE PAST 3 HOURS...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINS IN THE CEDAR CREEK AND 

LICK CREEK AREAS. EXPECT FLOODING ON THESE STREAMS...AND OTHER 

SUROUNDING STREAMS. QUICK RISES WILL ALSO OCCUR ON THE SKUNK RIVER.



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.



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 4111 9176 4069 9175 4067 9215 4112 9215



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