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IAC019-055-061-097-105-ILC085-177-221330-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1135 PM CDT WED AUG 21 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

  JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

  DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA

  DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA

  BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA

  JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

  STEPHENSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 830 AM CDT



* AT 1127 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER THE

  WARNED AREA. 



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 

  UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED   

  AREA THIS EVENING. OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED AT THE 

  DUBUQUE AIRPORT...AND SPOTTERS REPORTED 4.5 IN GALENA...AND 2.5 

  INCHES IN NORTHEAST JO DAVIESS COUNTY.  



  THIS RAIN...AND ADDITIONAL EXPECTED HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSED BY A

  NEARLY STATIONARY LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS

  AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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 8929 4220 8928 4223 9037 4203 9097

          4199 9125 4234 9142 4232 9180 4266 9209

          4251 9065



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