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IAC055-061-105-170815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1240 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR DUBUQUE

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA AND

JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...



AT 1240 AM CDT...RAIN HAD ENDED IN THE WARNED AREA.  HOWEVER... 

STREAMS ARE STILL OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN MANY AREAS.  IN DUBUQUE COUNTY

ROUTE 52 NORTH IS CLOSED NEAR SAGEVILLE AND RICKARDSVILLE.  WYOMING 

AND OLIN...IN SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY...HAVE REPORTED SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING.  FLOODING ON BEAR CREEK...IN THE WYOMING AREA...HAS CLOSED 

ROUTE X75 SOUTH OF TOWN...AND SEVERAL STREETS IN TOWN ARE ALSO 

FLOODED.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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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