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WGUS73 KDVN 150305

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IAC019-150330-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1003 PM CDT WED MAY 14 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR 

BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 955 PM CDT...BUCHANAN COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT MOST OF THE 

FLOODING PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER THIS 

EVENING...HAVE SUBSIDED.



AT 959 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SUBSIDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS 

HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. 

EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS MAY 

STILL BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING 

THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.



NUISANCE FLOODING ACROSS BUCHANAN COUNTY MAY LAST INTO THURSDAY 

MORNING...BUT LIFE THREATENING AND RAPIDLY RISING WATER PROBLEMS 

HAVE ENDED FOR THE NIGHT.



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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