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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

705 PM CDT MON OCT 22 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT TUESDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

     JEFFERSON...HENRY AND DES MOINES



AT 703 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY

RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 3 HOURS.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER PORTIONS

OF THE ADVISORY AREA...LEADING TO VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND THE

LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE 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 FLOODING.  ALSO AT THIS TIME OF YEAR 

...THE RISK OF STREET FLOODING INCREASES DUE TO LEAVES CLOGGING 

STORM DRAINS.



PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG CEDAR CREEK WILL WANT TO MONITOR FOR 

RISING WATER. IF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS KEEP FIRING OVER 

THE ADVISORY AREA...THE ADVISORY MAY HAVE TO BE UPGRADED TO A FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING LATER TONIGHT. STAY TUNED



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 4104 9102 4078 9127 4097 9210 4110 9210



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