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IAC057-ILC067-071-109-230845-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

657 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BURLINGTON...

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OQUAWKA...

  MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MACOMB...



* UNTIL 345 AM CDT SATURDAY



* AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  

  THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPING OVER 

  THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL STORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN IN SOUTH 

  CENTRAL IOWA WILL ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH LATE 

  EVENING.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST

  BURLINGTON...MIDDLETOWN...MEDIAPOLIS...STRONGHURST...ROZETTA...

  RARITAN...GULFPORT...GLADSTONE...CARMAN...BIGGSVILLE AND

  COLCHESTER.



RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE EXPECTED THROUGH 9 PM IN MUCH 

OF THE WARNED AREA. THESE AREAS WERE ALREADY HIT HARD WITH 3 TO 6 

INCHES OF RAINFALL THIS MORNING AND LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS...AND CAN 

NOT TAKE MUCH MORE RAIN. THIS MAY TURN QUICKLY INTO A LIFE 

THREATENING SITUATION.



FLASH FLOODING MEANS WATER WILL RISE RAPIDLY TO LEVELS CAUSING A

THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS.



FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON LA HARPE...HENDERSON AND FLINT CREEKS. 

ALSO LARGE RISES ARE EXPECTED ON THE EAST FORK OF THE LA MOINE RIVER.



DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. MOST FATALITIES OCCUR IN VEHICLES

SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.



FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...

UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IS LIKELY.



LAT...LON 4063 9128 4064 9117 4070 9111 4072 9120

      4077 9130 4105 9131 4103 9082 4099 9080

      4064 9080 4062 9050 4059 9048 4031 9047

      4024 9125



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