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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

505 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR DUBUQUE

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL

IOWA...JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND STEPHENSON COUNTY

IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...



AT 5 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO EFFECT THE WARNED 

AREA...ESPECIALLY ALONG A LINE FROM CASCADE...THROUGH STOCKTON 

ILLINOIS...AND FREEPORT.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER PORTIONS

OF THE WARNED AREA...LEADING TO THE VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND

SUBSEQUENT FLASH FLOODING.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

FROM 4 TO 7 INCHES HAD FALLEN IN THE PAST 6 HOURS ALONG A LINE FROM 

JUST SOUTH OF MANCHESTER IOWA...TO JUST NORTHEAST OF FREEPORT. THE 

HARDEST HIT AREAS...WHERE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 7 INCHES PLUS FROM 

WEDNESDAY EVENING TO THE CURRENT TIME...EXTENDED FROM STOCKTON TO 

JUST NORTHWEST OF FREEPORT.



THROUGH 450 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SPOTTERS REPORTED  OF 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING PROBLEMS ACROSS DUBUQUE COUNTY...THROUGH THE 

FREEPORT AREA.  A CAMP GROUND AND TRAILER PARK IN THE DUBUQUE AREA 

WERE EVACUATED DO TO 3 FEET OF STANDING WATER. ALSO...NUMEROUS 

STREETS WHERE REPORTED FLOODED AND CLOSED IN THE FREEPORT AREA.



WITH DOPPLER RADAR INDICATING MORE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING 

THUNDERSTORMS YET TO MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH THE EASTERN DUBUQUE...JO 

DAVIESS AND STEPHENSON COUNTY AREAS THROUGH 7 AM...THERE IS THE 

POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING EVENT IN THESE AREAS.



PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE MAQUOKETA...APPLE AND PECATONICA 

RIVERS...AS WELL AS THE BEAR...YELLOW AND RUSH CREEKS...WILL WANT TO 

MONITOR THEM FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS DURING THE EARLY MORNING PERIOD 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.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...

FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.



LAT...LON 4247 9182 4222 9081 4224 8975 4247 8985



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