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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

755 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR DUBUQUE

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST

ILLINOIS...



AT 755 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN.



THE DUBUQUE COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THAT STREET FLOODING 

WAS STILL OCCURRING IN DUBUQUE...THAT EVACUATINGS WERE TAKING PLACE 

IN DYERSVILLE...AND SANDBAGGING IN CASCADE.  THE JO DAVIESS COUNTY 

SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT WATER COVERED MANY LOW-LYING AREAS 

AND SECONDARY ROADS...WITH ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ALSO REPORTED.



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 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.





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