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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

830 AM CDT THU AUG 22 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR

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

IOWA...BUCHANAN 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...

HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



HEAVY RAIN HAS EXITED THE AREA...AND THE RISK OF FLASH FLOODING HAS 

DIMINISHED.  THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE.  HOWEVER...FLOODING CONTINUES FROM SOUTH OF MANCHESTER... 

THROUGH DUBUQUE AND JO DAVIES COUNTIES...INTO STEPHENSON COUNTY.  

THEREFORE...A FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR DELAWARE... 

DUBUQUE...JACKSON...JO DAVIESS...AND STEPHENSON COUNTIES UNTIL 7 PM 

TONIGHT.  



ROADWAYS MAY STILL BE COVERED WITH WATER. AND CREEKS...STREAMS...AND 

RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO RISE FOR THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  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.



STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES.



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