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IAC111-177-MOC045-199-271518-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

918 AM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR

SCOTLAND...CLARK...LEE AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES...



TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN FELL ACROSS THE AREA

OVERNIGHT WITH FOUR TO SIX INCHES OF RAIN REPORTED OVER SECTIONS OF

CLARK...LEE AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES. IN CLARK COUNTY...PARTS OF THE CITY

OF KAHOKA WERE FLOODED AND WATER WAS OVER ROUTE K NORTH OF LURAY.

ELSEWHERE...A FEW STREAMS REMAINED OUT OF THEIR BANKS THROUGH MID

MORNING AND STANDING WATER WAS REPORTED IN MANY LOCATIONS.



THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED SOUTH OF THE AREA...ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WILL

DIMINISH...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE

SOUTHEAST IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI THROUGH MID MORNING. FLOODING WILL

LIKELY CONTINUE NEAR CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO IMPACT THIS

AREA AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.  WITH SATURATED GROUND...ANY ADDITIONAL

RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION AND RESULT IN MORE FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. ROAD BEDS MAY HAVE BEEN DAMAGED FROM

THE HIGH WATER. MOST FLASH FLOOD FATALITIES OCCUR IN VEHICLES SWEPT AWAY

IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4086 9214 4041 9225 4030 9157 4074 9129



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