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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

600 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



* AT 558 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED FURTHER WEST INTO EASTERN 

  DAVIS COUNTY. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING MODERATE TO HEAVY 

  RAIN WERE CONTINUING OVER WESTERN VAN BUREN COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR  

  ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM      

  BIRMINGHAM TO SOUTH OF LIBERTYVILLE...AND FROM MILTON TO 10 MILES  

  NORTHWEST OF MILTON. 



* THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER       

  PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL

  PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF IN SWOLLEN WATERWAYS. THIS WILL

  RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING FROM LEANDO TO MILTON...AFFECTING         

  CHEQUEST CREEK...AND LICK CREEK. RAPID RISES WILL ALSO OCCUR ALONG

  THE FOX RIVER AND DES MOINES 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 WILL BE 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.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...

THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.



LAT...LON 4088 9185 4063 9176 4061 9213 4088 9210



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