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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1249 AM CST THU MAR 6 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL ROCK ISLAND COUNTY ALONG THE ROCK RIVER IN NORTHWEST

  ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 645 AM CST



* AT 1246 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A RAPID

  RISE IN THE ROCK RIVER IN MOLINE.



* REPORTS INDICATE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF ICE FLOWING IN THE RIVER.

  RIVER LEVELS MAY VARY BY 1 TO 3 FEET OVER SHORT DISTANCES AND TIME

  PERIODS. RIVER LEVELS MAY REACH OR EXCEED RECORD LEVELS OVER THE

  NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.



ICE JAMS CAN DEVELOP AND BREAK UP QUICKLY...RESULTING IN RAPID

FLOODING IMMEDIATELY UP OR DOWNSTREAM OF THE JAM. BE PREPARED TO MOVE

TO A SAFER LOCATION IF FLOODING DEVELOPS.



LAT...LON 4144 9044 4144 9058 4147 9063 4148 9061

      4146 9057 4146 9046 4147 9042 4148 9041

      4148 9039

TIME...MOT...LOC 0649Z 180DEG 0KT 4145 9055



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