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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1146 PM CDT THU AUG 23 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...

  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FORT MADISON...



* UNTIL 545 AM CDT



* AT 1143 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



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

  BURLINGTON...MIDDLETOWN...MEDIAPOLIS AND DANVILLE



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THIS AREA.  THIS 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN 

URBAN AREAS AND NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS. 



FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON FLINT CREEK IN BURLINGTON...LONG CREEK 

IN SOUTHERN DES MOINES COUNTY...AND LOST CREEK IN NORTHERN LEE 

COUNTY. 



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.



LAT...LON 4055 9166 4059 9169 4081 9171 4081 9138

      4106 9131 4107 9096 4107 9096 4095 9097

      4083 9110 4068 9113 4065 9117 4064 9131

      4057 9142 4051 9138 4043 9140



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