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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

840 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 835 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING TO EFFECT 

THE WARNED AREA. RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE BETWEEN 2 AND 

4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNING AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IS LIKELY BEFORE SUBSIDING LATE THIS MORNING.



AT 835 AM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED A CREEK OUT OF ITS BANK BETWEEN

SCOTTS GROVE AND MONTICELLO. THIS HAS FORCED THE CLOSING OF THE

BRIDGE HEADING INTO MONTICELLO ON HIGHWAY 38. FLASH FLOODING WAS ALSO

OBSERVED IN WYOMING...CANTON AND OXFORD JUNCTION.



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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