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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

443 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JO DAVIESS COUNTY UNTIL

MIDNIGHT...



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS

FALLEN ALREADY FROM NEAR HANOVER...TO WOODBINE...APPLE RIVER CANYON

STATE PARK...STOCKTON AND WARREN. AT 430 PM...JO DAVIESS COUNTY

SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS COVERED WITH WATER IN THE

EASTERN HALF OF THE COUNTY. HIGHWAY 20 WEST OF STOCKTON WAS REPORTED

TO BE WASHED OUT AND IMPASSABLE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING

THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING INTO NORTHEAST IOWA. THESE STORMS WILL

LIKELY MOVE BACK OVER THE COUNTY THIS EVENING. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY

RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE ONGOING FLOODING...OR PRODUCE NEW FLOODING DUE

TO THE SATURATED GROUND.



THE HEAVY RAIN MAY TRIGGER RAPID RISES TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL ON

RUSH CREEK...LILLY BRANCH CREEK...MUD RUN CREEK AND APPLE RIVER.



IF YOU SEE WATER RISING RAPIDLY...SEEK SHELTER ON HIGHER GROUND

IMMEDIATELY.



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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