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WGUS73 KDVN 230209

FFSDVN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

858 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



IAC011-095-230630-

BENTON IA-IOWA IA-

858 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR IOWA

AND BENTON COUNTIES...



AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL STILL MOVING EAST OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL MAY FALL THOUGH 11 PM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARENGO...VAN

HORNE...BELLE PLAINE...SHELLSBURG...NEWHALL...KEYSTONE...GARRISON 

AND ATKINS.



SUBSTANTIAL FLOODING WAS ONGOING IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN BENTON AND 

MUCH OF IOWA COUNTY. AT 842 PM CDT...LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED THAT THE 

CITY OF MARENGO WAS INUNDATED BY FLOOD WATER...AND THAT HIGHWAY 6 

WAS CLOSED NEAR MARENGO. IS WAS REPORTED THAT THE CITY WAS USING 

TRUCKS TO HELP PERFORM SWIFT-WATER RESCUES. OFFICIALS WERE 

REQUESTING THAT PEOPLE STAY AWAY FROM THE MARENGO VICINITY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.



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

SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.



LAT...LON 4164 9225 4164 9186 4222 9187 4222 9226



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000 

WGUS73 KDVN 230209

FFSDVN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

858 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



IAC011-095-230630-

BENTON IA-IOWA IA-

858 PM CDT FRI JUN 22 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR IOWA

AND BENTON COUNTIES...



AT 855 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL STILL MOVING EAST OVER THE 

WARNED AREA.  AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAINFALL MAY FALL THOUGH 11 PM.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MARENGO...VAN

HORNE...BELLE PLAINE...SHELLSBURG...NEWHALL...KEYSTONE...GARRISON 

AND ATKINS.



SUBSTANTIAL FLOODING WAS ONGOING IN PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN BENTON AND 

MUCH OF IOWA COUNTY. AT 842 PM CDT...LOCAL MEDIA REPORTED THAT THE 

CITY OF MARENGO WAS INUNDATED BY FLOOD WATER...AND THAT HIGHWAY 6 

WAS CLOSED NEAR MARENGO. IS WAS REPORTED THAT THE CITY WAS USING 

TRUCKS TO HELP PERFORM SWIFT-WATER RESCUES. OFFICIALS WERE 

REQUESTING THAT PEOPLE STAY AWAY FROM THE MARENGO VICINITY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.



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

SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.



LAT...LON 4164 9225 4164 9186 4222 9187 4222 9226



$$



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