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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
WESTERN DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT…
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KEOKUK…
VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KEOSAUQUA…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 548 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF AROUND AN INCH AN HOUR FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE AREA. AS THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS…FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY FROM THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WINFIELD…WEST POINT…WAYLAND…STOCKPORT…ST. PAUL…SALEM…
ROME…PILOT GROVE…OLDS…NEW LONDON…MOUNT UNION…LOWELL…
LOCKRIDGE…HILLSBORO…DOUDS/LEANDO…DANVILLE…BONAPARTE…
BIRMINGHAM AND BENTONSPORT/VERNON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS…HIGHWAYS AND STREETS…UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IS LIKELY.