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WGUS73 KDVN 161221

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IAC019-161445-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

721 AM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 AM CDT FOR BUCHANAN

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...



AT 721 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED NORTHEAST OUT OF BUCHANAN COUNTY.  

THUS...HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...BUT THE 

FLASH FLOODING THREAT CONTINUES.



SEVERAL SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MOVED OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN 

PORTIONS OF BUCHANAN COUNTY...LEADING TO THE VERY HIGH RAINFALL 

RATES AND SUBSEQUENT FLASH FLOODING.  WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 

AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL FELL IN THE NORTHWESTERN 

PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.



AT 718 AM CDT A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED 1.01 INCHES OF RAIN IN 

INDEPENDENCE.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE

BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



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