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IAC061-ILC085-041900-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

905 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA

  JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 200 PM CDT



* AT 901 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT

  UP TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS DUBUQUE AND JO

  DAVIES COUNTIES.  THIS RAIN...AND ADDITIONAL EXPECTED HEAVY

  RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE 

  RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS

  REPORTED WATER OVER ROADWAYS IN RURAL AREAS AND SOME ROAD CLOSURES.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE CONTINUED FLASH FLOODING 

OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND 

ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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 4248 8996 4223 8995 4223 9028 4242 9051

          4242 9068 4232 9072 4232 9109 4264 9112

          4249 9064



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