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



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

258 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 250 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDICATED STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST 

ACROSS JONES AND DUBUQUE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF 

PRODUCING UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR. WIDESPREAD BUT LIGHTER 

RAIN WILL FOLLOW THESE STRONG STORMS ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 

7 AM. THIS STRATIFORM RAIN WILL STILL BE ENOUGH TO AGGRAVATE ANY 

ONGOING FLOODING PROBLEMS...ESPECIALLY ALONG CREEKS AND RIVERS. 



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 155 AM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED 4 TO 5 INCHES OF STANDING WATER 

ON MANY STREETS IN CEDAR RAPIDS. LAW ENFORCEMENT WAS DISCOURAGING 

ANY TRAVEL OVERNIGHT IN LINN COUNTY DUE TO FLOODED ROADS.



AT 215 AM CDT...COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODED ROADS SOUTH OF 

INDEPENDENCE. 



AT 230 AM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER IN EDGEWOOD IN FAR NORTHERN 

DELAWARE COUNTY...REPORTED 2.37 INCHES OF RAIN IN A HALF HOUR FROM 2 

TO 230 AM. ROADS DAMAGED FROM THE FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN 

EDGEWOOD.



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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