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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

718 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 130 AM CDT



* AT 713 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER THE WARNED 

AREA. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FLASH FLOOD PREDICTION SOFTWARE 

INDICATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST THREE HOURS 

OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE FOX 

RIVER BASIN IN SOUTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY...BETWEEN CANTRIL AND MOUNT 

STERLING.



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATES ADDITIONAL 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. THIS 

ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ENHANCE THE FLOODING THREAT AROUND THE FOX 

RIVER AREA AND MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN OTHER AREAS IN THE WARNED AREA.



SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KEOSAUQUA AND KAHOKA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM 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.



PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT OF FLOODING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR RELAY TO 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.



LAT...LON 4089 9173 4058 9174 4037 9149 4028 9153

          4027 9194 4064 9194 4064 9217 4089 9217



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