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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

712 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR WESTERN VAN 

BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...



AT 710 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF VAN BUREN 

COUNTY FROM LEANDO AND DOUDS...TO MILTON. THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING 

THUNDERSTORMS HAD SHIFTED FURTHER WEST INTO MUCH OF WAPELLO 

AND DAVIS COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT UP TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN

HAS FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT NEAR BIRMINGHAM...AND FROM 10 MILES

NORTHWEST OF MILTON...TO MILTON. 



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN FALLING IN DAVIS AND WAPELLO COUNTIES WILL

ONLY ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING. CHEQUEST CREEK WAS 

REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS IN NORTHEAST DAVIS COUNTY. THIS CREEK 

FLOWS INTO VAN BUREN COUNTY...SO PERSONS ALONG IT SHOULD BE

PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND. RISES ARE ALSO EXPECTED ON THE FOX 

AND DES MOINES RIVERS.  



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.



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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