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WGUS73 KDVN 060621

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IAC111-177-ILC067-MOC045-060715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

116 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR 

VAN BUREN...LEE...CLARK AND HANCOCK COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED...



THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED 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.



A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN IOWA...WILL MOVE QUICKLY 

EAST INTO THE AREA AFTER 4:00 AM. THIS LINE WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL 

TO PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 TO 80 MPH AND TORRENTAIL RAIN...WITH

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. THIS RAIN WOULD BE FALLING ON 

SATURATED GROUND...THUS INCREASING THE THREAT FOR LOCALIZED 

FLOODING. 



BE SURE TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...OR COMMERCIAL RADIO OR 

TELEVISION FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES AND WARNINGS. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD 

PRONE AREA...BE PREPARED TO SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

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