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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

5 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 8 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING 

COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL IOWA...DUBUQUE...DELAWARE... 

BUCHANAN...JONES...BENTON AND LINN...



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM FOR JO DAVIESS 

COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...



AT 5 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDESPREAD MODERATE RAIN ACROSS EASTERN IOWA AND NORTHWEST 

ILLINOIS...WITH A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY 

RAINFALL IN JO DAVIESS AND STEPHENSON COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS.



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 4 AM CDT...THE BUCHANAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER REPORTED THE 

RESIDENTS ALONG MALONE CREEK IN THE TOWN OF INDEPENDENCE WERE BEING 

EVACUATED DUE TO RISING WATERS.  BRIDGES WERE REPORTED OUT IN PARTS 

OF THE COUNTY.  THE TOWN OF LAMONT HAS BEEN EVACUATED DUE TO RISING 

WATER ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE MAQUOKETA RIVER.



AT 450 AM CDT...STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN GALENA IN JO DAVIESS 

COUNTY. 



IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG BUFFALO...BUCK...OTTER...PLEASANT...AND 

SILVER CREEKS...AND THE NORTH AND SOUTH FORKS OF THE MAQUOKETA 

RIVER...BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.  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.



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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