BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
506 PM CDT THU AUG 27 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TIPTON…
CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF CLINTON…
JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANAMOSA…

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 501 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER OR MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA. THIS WARNING EXTENDS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR JONES COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF NEW RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF JONES COUNTY. SOILS ARE SATURATED ACROSS CEDAR AND CLINTON COUNTIES SO ANY NEW RAIN WILL RUN OFF RAPIDLY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WYOMING…WELTON…TORONTO…STONE CITY…OXFORD JUNCTION…ONSLOW…OLIN…
MORLEY…MONTICELLO…MECHANICSVILLE…MARTELLE…LOST NATION…LANGWORTHY…DELMAR…CHARLOTTE…CENTER JUNCTION…CANTON AND ANDOVER

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS CEDAR AND CLINTON COUNTIES. AN ADDITIONAL 1 OR 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN JONES COUNTY.

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.