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WGUS53 KDVN 121933

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ILC073-161-130130-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

226 PM CDT MON MAR 12 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR AN ICE JAM BREAK IN...

  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...

  ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...MOLINE...EAST MOLINE...



* UNTIL 830 PM CDT



* AT 226 PM CDT...A MAJOR ICE JAM WAS REPORTED ON THE ROCK RIVER

  BETWEEN THE INTERSTATE 80 BRIDGE AND BARSTOW BRIDGE...AND TO THE

  RAILROAD BRIDGE UPSTREAM OF THE BARSTOW BRIDGE. WATER LEVELS BEHIND

  THE JAM WERE RISING RAPIDLY.



* AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE CLEVELAND...COAL VALLEY...COLONA

  ...EAST MOLINE...GREEN ROCK...JOSLIN ...MOLINE...OSBORN AND SILVIS.



THIS ICE JAM COULD BREAK AT ANY TIME AND SEND A SURGE OF FLOOD WATER 

DOWNSTREAM. INDIVIDUALS WITH INTERESTS ALONG THE ROCK RIVER SHOULD

PREPARE FOR THIS SURGE OF FLOOD WATER NOW.



LAT...LON 4164 9017 4155 9014 4144 9044 4149 9053



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