Flooding

Flash Flood Warning (Des Moines, Lee)

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
129 AM CDT MON JUN 8 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KAHOKA…
DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BURLINGTON…
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…KEOKUK…FORT MADISON…

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 124 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM MULTIPLE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST TWO HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST POINT…WEST BURLINGTON…ST. PAUL…PILOT GROVE…MIDDLETOWN…MEDIAPOLIS…DENMARK AND DANVILLE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED TO MOVE OVER THE AREA OVERNIGHT.

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