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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

631 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN...

  NORTHEASTERN DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...

  SOUTHEASTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...



* UNTIL 1230 AM CDT



* AT 555 PM CDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED THAT THE OAKVILLE 

LEVEE HAD FAILED...ON THE IOWA RIVER...CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF 

IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS. AREAS AS FAR SOUTH AS THOSE PORTIONS 

OF DES MOINES COUNTY...ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM 

OQUAWKA...ARE EXPECTED TO BE INUNDATED BY BETWEEN 7:00 AND 7:30 PM.



* AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE OAKVILLE



THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE PREVIOUS...RELATED...FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN 

IOWA.



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



LAT...LON 4086 9111 4093 9105 4097 9104 4107 9104

      4108 9107 4110 9107 4111 9105 4115 9105

      4117 9102 4116 9100 4110 9095 4095 9096

      4085 9108



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