BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
906 PM CDT WED MAY 13 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHEASTERN CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHWESTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT CARROLL…
SOUTHEASTERN JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
STEPHENSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FREEPORT…

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 859 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS REPEATEDLY MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCK CITY…RIDOTT…PLUM RIVER…PEARL CITY…MASSBACH…LENA…GERMAN VALLEY…DAVIS…DAKOTA AND CEDARVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED.

FLASH FLOODING MEANS WATER WILL RISE RAPIDLY TO LEVELS CAUSING A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS.

FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON PLUM RIVER IN CARROLL COUNTY…AS WELL AS IN THE CITY OF FREEPORT AROUND THE PECATONICA RIVER.