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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1043 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008



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BENTON IA-LINN IA-IOWA IA-JOHNSON IA-KEOKUK IA-

1043 AM CDT FRI APR 25 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR

KEOKUK...JOHNSON...IOWA...LINN AND BENTON COUNTIES...



AT 1040 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS THE 

RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...MANY CREEKS AND 

STREAMS ARE RUNNING BANKFULL AND STILL RISING DUE TO RECENT HEAVY

RAIN. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE 

WARNED AREA TOWARD MIDDAY AND THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON AHEAD OF A 

COLD FRONT AS IT MOVES THROUGH. THESE SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL HAVE 

THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL...WHICH COULD 

AGGRAVATE OR PROLONG ONGOING FLOODING OR HIGH WATER. 



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHITTIER...

WAUBEEK...WALFORD...VINTON...VAN HORNE...URBANA...TODDVILLE...

SPRINGVILLE...SHELLSBURG...ROBINS...PRAIRIEBURG...PARIS...PALO...

NORWAY...NEWHALL...MOUNT VERNON...MOUNT AUBURN...MARION...LUZERNE...

KEYSTONE...HIAWATHA...GARRISON...FAIRFAX...ELY...CENTRAL CITY...

CENTER POINT...CEDAR RAPIDS...BLAIRSTOWN...BERTRAM...BELLE PLAINE...

ATKINS AND ALBURNETT



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

SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.



DO NOT ALLOW KIDS TO PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOODED AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES...

CULVERTS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



LAT...LON 4149 9239 4149 9226 4228 9230 4227 9140

      4152 9140 4152 9197 4118 9196 4116 9239

TIME...MOT...LOC 1543Z 180DEG 0KT 4185 9184



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