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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1048 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT 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...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT TRIGGERED THE INITIAL FLASH FLOODING HAS 

ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR NOW.  MORE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED

THE AREA FROM THE WEST. THOUGH THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE MORE HEAVY 

RAINS...THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE FURTHER FLASH FLOODING AT 

THIS TIME.  STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE RECEDED OR 

WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE 

RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS MAY STILL HAVE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON 

THEM.  MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED 

ROADWAYS.



REPORTS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING INDICATED THAT WIDESPREAD FLASH 

FLOODING OCCURRED IN LINN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND

MARION WHERE THE URBAN AREAS CONTRIBUTED TO RUN OFF PROBLEMS.  



UNTIL THE FLOOD WATERS COMPLETELY RECEDE...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS 

AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND 

FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...QUICKLY MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...

FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.



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