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WGUS73 KDVN 170853

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IAC055-061-105-170915-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

353 AM CDT THU JUN 17 2004



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR 

DUBUQUE...DELAWARE...AND JONES COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST IOWA...UNTIL 

315 AM CDT FOR...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 350 AM CDT...RAIN HAS BEEN OUT OF THE WARNED AREA FOR A FEW 

HOURS...AND MOST CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL HAVE RECEDED.  WATER SHOULD 

ALSO HAVE DRAINED OUT OF MOST LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE AREAS.  SOME 

ROADS ACROSS THE AREA MAY STILL BE CLOSED DUE TO THE FLOODING 

WEDNESDAY EVENING.  IF ANY ROADS STILL HAVE WATER ON 

THEM...MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED 

ROADWAYS.



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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