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WGUS73 KDVN 221033

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IAC055-061-221415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

533 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DUBUQUE AND DELAWARE COUNTIES 

UNTIL 915 AM CDT...



ALTHOUGH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE EXITING 

THE AREA...FLOODING AND THE FLOODING THREAT STILL PERSIST. REPORTS 

FROM THE MANCHESTER AREA INDICATE THAT WATER WAS FLOWING OVER 

PORTIONS OF IOWA HIGHWAY 38. ALSO...SMALL STREAMS AND DITCHES IN THE 

WARNED AREA WERE RUNNING NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL.



ANOTHER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS ENTERING CENTRAL IOWA 

FROM THE WEST. THIS ACTIVITY WILL REACH THE WARNED AREA LATER THIS 

MORNING. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN...AND 

PROLONGED 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.



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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