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WGUS53 KDVN 041441

FFWMLI

IAC097-050000-



FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

940 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

MAQUOKETA RIVER AT MAQUOKETA...



...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST...



MAQUOKETA RIVER AT MAQUOKETA,

* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.

* 8 AM STAGE: 25.3 FT.

* FLOOD STAGE:  24.0 FT.

* ROSE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE THIS MORNING.

* FORECAST CREST...AROUND 32.5 FT...THIS EVENING.

* THIS CREST WILL BE NEAR THE CREST THAT OCCURRED IN 1993 OF

32.86 FEET.  THE RECORD CREST IS 36.8 FEET IN 1919.

* SHOULD FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* AT 30.0 FEET WATER BEGINS ENCROACHING INTO THE MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL

LIGHT PLANT FACILITIES AND ENCROACHES ONTO HIGHWAY 113.

* AT 35.0 FEET WATER REACHES THE TOP OF THE LEVEE WHICH PROTECTS

THE INDUSTRIAL SECTION AT THE NORTH END OF MAQUOKETA.  WATER REACHES

THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE DECK AT MAIN STREET IN MAQUOKETA.



AN UPDATED FORECAST IS EXPECTED TO BE ISSUED EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.





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