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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

919 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 919 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN TRACKING REPEATEDLY OVER 

  THE SAME AREA. 



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

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND THE 

  LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. MANY DITCHES AND CREEKS ARE NEAR 

THE TOP OF THEIR BANKS.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS 

WILL ONLY CAUSE MORE FLOODING.  DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE 

ROAD.  TURN AROUND AND FIND ANOTHER ROUTE.  







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