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IAC019-210930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1229 AM CDT TUE AUG 21 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE...



* UNTIL 430 AM CDT



* AT 1226 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN MOVING

  THROUGH CENTRAL BLACK HAWK COUNTY. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL

  MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS BRINGING 

  VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH RATES OF AROUND AN INCH IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. 

  THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS...THUS   

  ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL GO STRAIGHT INTO RUNOFF ENHANCING   

  THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING.



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

  STANLEY...LAMONT...JESUP...HAZLETON...FAIRBANK AND AURORA



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.



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

UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IS LIKELY.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4229 9206 4230 9161 4264 9162 4263 9208



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