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IAC019-150300-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

547 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 10 PM CDT



* AT 547 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER THE 

WARNED AREA...WITH MORE STORMS TO THE WEST THAT WILL MOVE EAST AND 

AFFECT THE WARNED AREA. STREET FLOODING WAS ALREADY REPORTED IN 

INDEPENDENCE. 



* THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL...

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...LEADING

  THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



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 4263 9164 4232 9163 4232 9204 4262 9205



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