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WGUS73 KDVN 221048

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IAC011-113-221415-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

546 AM CDT SAT MAY 22 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BENTON AND LINN COUNTIES UNTIL 

915 AM CDT...



ALTHOUGH THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN HAVE EXITED 

THE AREA...THE FLOODING THREAT STILL PERSISTS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO ENTER WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE 

WARNED AREA BY AROUND 7 AM. IN ADDITION...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 

WITH ANY OF THESE STORMS.



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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