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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

607 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR DELAWARE

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BENTON

COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...



AT 601 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF BENTON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES...

AND SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER SOUTHERN

BENTON AND BUCHANAN COUNTY...WITH MORE STORMS MOVING INTO BUCHANAN AND

DELAWARE COUNTIES.  THE RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS HAS LED TO VERY 

HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND SUBSEQUENT FLASH FLOODING.



AT 517 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT WATER WAS COVERING THE ROADS IN

ROBBINS...IN CENTRAL CEDAR RAPDS.



AT 534 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN JUST

ONE HOUR NEAR WHERE HIGHWAY 13 CROSSES INDIAN CREEK IN CEDAR COUNTY.



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.



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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