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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

406 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BUCHANAN COUNTY UNTIL 1115 PM

CDT...



AT 4:00 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS

HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING BACK INTO THE COUNTY FROM

CENTRAL IOWA. DOPPLER RADAR AND REPORTS FROM BUCHANAN COUNTY

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SHOW WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 4

INCHES HAVE OCCURRED SINCE THIS MORNING MAINLY OVER NORTHWEST

PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY FROM JESUP AND WEST OF INDEPENDENCE...TO

OTTERVILLE...FAIRBANK...HAZLETON...STANLEY AND AURORA. BUCHANAN

COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ALSO REPORTED THAT A ROAD WAS WASHED OUT

ON THE EAST BRANCH OF BUFFALO CREEK AT 130TH STREET. ANY ADDITIONAL

HEAVY RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE ANY ONGOING FLOODING...OR RESULT IN

NEW FLOODING DUE TO THE SATURATED GROUND.



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.



REPORT ANY HIGH WATER OR FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE

QUAD CITIES.



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NICHOLS

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