BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
750 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI…
SOUTHWESTERN DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…KEOKUK…FORT MADISON…
EAST CENTRAL VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CARTHAGE…
SOUTHWESTERN HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
SOUTHWESTERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MACOMB…

* UNTIL 145 AM CDT

* AT 745 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
POINT…ST. PAUL…SALEM…ROME…PILOT GROVE…NEW BOSTON…
MONTROSE…LOWELL…HILLSBORO…FRANKLIN…DONNELLSON…DENMARK…
CROTON…NIOTA…NAUVOO…LA HARPE…DISCO…DALLAS CITY…
COLUSA…BURNSIDE…BLANDINSVILLE AND ADRIAN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING…ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.

DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. MOST FATALITIES OCCUR IN VEHICLES
SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.

IF YOU ARE CAMPING NEAR A STREAM…CREEK OR OTHER LOW LYING AREA…
MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND.