BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1028 PM CDT MON JUL 27 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLINTON…
NORTHERN WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…STERLING…ROCK FALLS…MORRISON…

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT TUESDAY

* AT 1024 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WHEATLAND…WELTON…TORONTO…LOW MOOR…GRAND MOUND…DEWITT…CAMANCHE…CALAMUS…GARDEN PLAIN…FULTON…EMERSON…EAST CLINTON…COLETA AND ALBANY

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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.