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WGUS73 KDVN 220515

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IAC105-220615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1215 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

FOR JONES COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT TRIGGERED THE FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED OVER 

JONES COUNTY FOR NOW. STREAMS AND CREEKS HAVE RECEDED OR WERE 

BEGINNING TO RECEDE.  EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING

...SOME ROADWAYS MAY STILL HAVE SOME PONDING OF WATER AND LOCALIZED 

FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED 

ROADWAYS.



ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVERNIGHT...MOVING IN FROM THE

WEST. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE MORE HEAVY RAINS...AND IF 

THEY MOVE OVER THE SAME AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN FRIDAY EVENING...

THEN FURTHER FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. 



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.



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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