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RWUS32 KMLI 030707

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IAZ087-098-030900-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

206 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR JEFFERSON 

AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...



AT 156 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME 

SECTIONS OF SOUTHERN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTIES. THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS HAVE BEEN IN THE CEDAR CREEK 

AND LICK CREEK AREAS.  SOME COMMUNTIES AFFECTED INCLUDE COLLETT... 

BIRMINGHAM... LIBERTYVILLE...AND BATAVIA.  STREET FLOODING WAS 

REPORTED IN FAIRFIELD BY THE SHERIFFS OFFICE.



STORMS HAVE STARTED TO SINK SOUTH...WITH THE HEAVY RAINS NOW ENDING 

IN JEFFERSON AND NORTHERN VAN BUREN...AND MOVING INTO SOUTHERN VAN 

BUREN COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 4108 9178 4071 9181 4070 9212 4113 9211



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