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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

728 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



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DUBUQUE IA-DELAWARE IA-BUCHANAN IA-

728 PM CDT THU MAY 29 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR

BUCHANAN...DELAWARE AND DUBUQUE COUNTIES...



AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS 

INDICATING SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH MODERATE 

TO LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS...MOVING EAST ACROSS AREAS FROM 

MANCHESTER TO DUBUQUE. THIS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 

AT LEAST 830 PM.



AT AROUND 630 PM CDT...A TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED CREEKS BETWEEN 

EDGEWOOD AND MANCHESTER IN DELAWARE COUNTY...RAIN SWOLLEN AND 

RUNNING BANKFULL. SOILS WERE ALSO REPORTED TO BE HEAVILY SATURATED 

WITH STANDING WATER VISIBLE IN FIELDS.



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

SHERRILL...SAGEVILLE...RICKARDSVILLE...ONEIDA...NEW VIENNA...

MASONVILLE...MANCHESTER...LUXEMBURG...LAMONT...JESUP...

INDEPENDENCE...HOLY CROSS...HAZLETON...GREELEY...EARLVILLE...

DYERSVILLE...DURANGO...DUNDEE...DUBUQUE...DELAWARE...COLESBURG...

CENTRALIA...BANKSTON...BALLTOWN...AURORA AND ASBURY



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND WESTERN IOWA 

ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WARNING AREA LATER TONIGHT AND PRODUCE 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES...WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE 

ONGOING FLOODING SITUATIONS OR CREATE NEW ONES.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.



PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG HONEY...PLUM AND BUFFALO CREEKS AS WELL 

AS THE UPPER MAQUOKETA AND LITTLE MAQUOKETA RIVERS...WILL WANT 

MONITOR THESE WATERWAYS FOR RISING LEVELS. 



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

SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT 

AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4265 9074 4263 9069 4254 9063 4248 9065

      4239 9049 4238 9066 4229 9067 4230 9206

      4264 9209 4265 9090 4268 9088

TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 180DEG 0KT 4246 9179



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