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IAC111-177-ILC067-060800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

818 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VAN BUREN AND LEE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 812 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ROUGHLY ALONG AND NORTH 

OF HIGHWAY 2 IN VAN BUREN AND LEE COUNTIES IN IOWA.  AROUND 2 AND 

A HALF INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN A ONE HOUR PERIOD BY A TRAINED 

SPOTTER IN NAUVOO IN HANCOCK COUNTY ILLINOIS BETWEEN 7 AND 8 PM.



* THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER THIS 

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

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.



CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS AND FLOOD PRONE LOW LYING

AREAS.



LAT...LON 4059 9092 4025 9129 4062 9171 4062 9216

          4083 9216 4082 9191 4080 9172 4079 9140

          4064 9122



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