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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

717 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1015 AM CDT FOR JACKSON

COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...



AT 717 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO EFFECT THE WARNED 

AREA.  RADAR ESTIMATED AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN SINCE 4 AM.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER PORTIONS

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

SUBSEQUENT FLASH FLOODING.



AT 700 AM CDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

IN...MAQUOKETA WITH THE U.S. 61 BYPASS CLOSED BY HIGH WATER. AT LAKE 

DELHI THE GATES ON THE DAM WERE BEING OPENED...DUMPING MORE WATER 

INTO THE MAQUOKETA RIVER...WHICH IS RISING RAPIDLY IN JONES AND 

JACKSON COUNTIES.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY

BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY OR THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT. VEHICLES

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



LAT...LON 4231 9044 4204 9037 4204 9090 4198 9097

          4197 9139 4229 9138 4229 9066 4237 9066



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