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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

908 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 1200 PM CDT.  THIS IS AN EXTENSION OF THE FLASH FLOOD        

  WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM CDT.  



* AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  RAIN WAS FALLING OVER AREAS JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE WARNED  

  AREA.



* THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL...        

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...ESPICALLY 

  ALONG THE VAN BUREN AND DAVIS COUNTY LINE...LEADING TO THE         

  LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE 

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.  AREAS MOST AT RISK APPEAR TO BE ALONG 

THE LITTLE FOX AND FOX RIVER...AND AREAS ALONG THE CHEQUEST CREEK.  

THIS WOULD INCLUDE THE COMMUNITIES IN WEST VAN BUREN COUNTY 

OF...MILTON...LEBANON AND WEST...LEANDO AND WEST...AND SELMA.  



THOUGH RAIN HAD ENDED ACROSS MUCH OF VAN BUREN COUNTY...HEAVY RUNOFF 

IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO FLOW OUT OF DAVIS COUNTY INTO WEST AND 

SOUTHWEST VAN BUREN COUNTY...KEEPING CREEKS RUNNING HIGH.  



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 9176 4064 9178 4062 9217 4088 9217



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