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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

806 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR BUCHANAN

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...



AT 804 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO FALL OVER THE 

WARNED AREA...WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY 

THIS EVENING. THIS IS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON TOP OF THE HEAVY RAIN 

THAT OCCURRED IN THE SAME AREA LAST NIGHT.



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

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WITH FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



AT 601 PM CDT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN 

INDEPENDENCE. A FEW CARS WERE FLOODED AND HAD TO BE ABANDONED.



RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIER RAIN WILL MOVE OUT OF THE WARNED 

AREA BY 9 PM.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS EVENINGS STORMS MAY 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.



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