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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

402 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR VAN BUREN 

AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...



AT 400 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED FOR THE TIME BEING OVER JEFFERSON COUNTY.

HOWEVER...REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNRISE.

ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO EFFECT 

VAN BUREN COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 3 TO 6 INCHES 

HAS FALLEN FROM BIRMINGHAM TO SOUTH OF LIBERTYVILLE...AND FROM

NEAR MILTON...TO 10 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF MILTON.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER PORTIONS

OF THE WARNED AREA...MAINLY OVER WESTERN AND SOUTHERN VAN BUREN 

COUNTY...LEADING TO THE VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND SUBSEQUENT 

FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS 

LIKELY. 



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 4088 9185 4063 9176 4061 9213 4088 9210



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