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WGUS53 KDVN 161924

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IAC019-170415-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

217 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT



* AT 214 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH 

  OF THE COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN

  HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR AND A HALF FROM JUST SOUTHWEST

  OF INDEPENDENCE...TO NEAR AURORA. THIS HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING ON    

  ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM HEAVY RAIN THIS MORNING...AND 

  THEREFORE WILL INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING THROUGHOUT

  THE COUNTY.  

  

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINTHROP...

  STANLEY...ROWLEY...QUASQUETON...LAMONT...JESUP...HAZLETON...

  INDEPENDENCE AND AURORA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF 

FLOOD-PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE IMMEDIATELY FROM THESE AREAS 

TO HIGHER GROUND.  



DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. MOST FATALITIES OCCUR IN VEHICLES 

SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.



FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...

UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IS LIKELY.



LAT...LON 4264 9203 4264 9162 4247 9161 4235 9170

          4236 9206 4258 9208



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