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IAC011-019-055-061-105-113-231300-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

130 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 8 AM CDT FOR DUBUQUE

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL

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

CENTRAL IOWA...



AT 120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST 

ACROSS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING COUNTIES OF BUCHANAN...DELAWARE...AND 

BENTON. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN 

IN AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG STORMS PUSHING OUT OF CENTRAL IOWA WILL 

ALSO AFFECT THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 5 AM WITH OCCASIONAL BOUTS OF 

HEAVY RAIN...AGGRAVATING ANY ONGOING FLOODING SITUATIONS OR CREATING 

NEW ONES.



NUMEROUS CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS WERE REPORTED OUT OF THEIR BANKS 

IN THE WARNED COUNTIES...AS WELL AS NUMEROUS REPORTS OF SUBSTANTIAL 

WATER STANDING OVER ROADS AND IN DRAINAGE DITCHES.



AT 1030 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS IN THE 

DUBUQUE AREA WERE WASHED OUT.



AT 130 AM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 3.75 INCHES OF RAIN FROM 

1045 PM TO 130 AM IN STANLEY IN NORTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY.



PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG BUFFALO...BUCK...OTTER...NORTH FORK 

MAQUOKETA...PLEASANT...AND SILVER CREEKS WILL WANT TO MONITOR FOR 

RAPIDLY RISING WATER. ALSO FLOODING WILL BE OCCURRING ALONG THE 

UPPER REACHES OF THE WAPSIPINICON RIVER IN BUCHANAN AND LINN 

COUNTIES.



THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS FLASH FLOODING SITUATION. THE GROUND HAS 

ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS 

RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WITH FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



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.



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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