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WGUS73 KDVN 250608

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IAC011-019-251000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

108 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR BUCHANAN 

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BUT HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR BENTON COUNTY 

IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...



AT 1 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN 

HAS ENDED ACROSS AREA.  RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN BENTON COUNTY AVERAGED 

LESS THAN 1 INCH...SO THE THREAT OF FLOODING THERE IS MINIMAL.  



RAINFALL AMOUNTS REPORTED BY THE BUCHANAN COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER 

AVERAGED BETWEEN THREE-FOURTHS AND ONE AND ONE-QUARTER INCHES.  THUS 

THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT CONTINUES THERE.  THE WAPSIPINCON RIVER HAS 

ALREADY STARTED TO RISE IN RESPONSE TO THESE RAINS.



IF YOU ARE TRAVELING TONIGHT...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS BECAUSE IT IS 

HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 



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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