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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

635 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007



IAC011-019-010000-

BUCHANAN IA-BENTON IA-

623 PM CDT SAT MAR 31 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR

BENTON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES...



AT 630 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

LARGE AREA OF RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF BENTON AND BUCHANAN 

COUNTIES. AT 430 PM...FLOODED DITCHES AND ROADS WERE REPORTED 5 

MILES WEST OF URBANA. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 PM...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 

A STRIP OF HEAVY RAINFALL...WITH AMOUNTS FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES...HAD 

FALLEN ACROSS WESTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY AND EASTERN BENTON COUNTY. 



THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF THE REGION...AND RAIN 

WILL END FROM SOUTH TO NORTH BETWEEN 630 PM AND 730 PM. ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF AN INCH BEFORE THE 

RAIN EXITS THE AREA. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINTHROP...

ROWLEY...QUASQUETON...LAMONT...JESUP...INDEPENDENCE...HAZLETON...AND 

FAIRBANK. 



FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...COUNTY ROADS...AND LOW LYING

FARMLAND IS LIKELY.



DO NOT ALLOW KIDS TO PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOODED AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES...

CULVERTS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS EVENING

FOR EASTERN IOWA.



LAT...LON 4187 9226 4188 9186 4231 9185 4232 9165

      4260 9161 4265 9206



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