BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
206 AM 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…
IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARENGO…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF IOWA CITY…
SOUTHEASTERN LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUSCATINE…
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…DAVENPORT…BETTENDORF…
SOUTHEASTERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ROCK ISLAND…MOLINE…EAST MOLINE…
WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…STERLING…ROCK FALLS…MORRISON…
* UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
* AT 158 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING WAS DEVELOPING FROM HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 3 PLUS INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER THE WARNED AREA BY 11 AM. THIS COMBINED WITH HEAVY RAIN THE PAST 24 HOURS WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT PONDING OF WATER AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OVER 4 INCHES OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THIS COULD RESULT IN MAJOR WATER ISSUES RANGING FROM LARGE AREAS OF SIGNIFICANT DEPTH STANDING AND MOVING WATER…TO WATER IN BASEMENTS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ROCK ISLAND ARSENAL, WILTON, WILLIAMSBURG, WHEATLAND, WEST LIBERTY, WELTON, WALCOTT, VICTOR, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, TORONTO, TIFFIN, SWISHER, STANWOOD, SOLON, SHUEYVILLE, RIVERDALE, PRINCETON, PARNELL, OXFORD, OAKDALE, NORTH LIBERTY, NORTH ENGLISH, NICHOLS, MONTPELIER, MILLERSBURG, MECHANICSVILLE, MCCAUSLAND, LOWDEN, LOW MOOR, LOST NATION, LONG GROVE, LONE TREE, LE CLAIRE, LADORA, HILLS, GRAND MOUND, FAIRPORT, ELDRIDGE, DURANT, DONAHUE, DEWITT, DELMAR, CORALVILLE, CONROY, CONESVILLE, CLARENCE, CHARLOTTE, CAMANCHE, CALAMUS, BUFFALO, BLUE GRASS, BENNETT, ATALISSA, ANDOVER, AMANA, TAYLOR RIDGE, TAMPICO, SILVIS, RAPIDS CITY, PROPHETSTOWN, PORT BYRON, OAK GROVE, MILAN, LYNDON, ILLINOIS CITY, HAMPTON, GARDEN PLAIN, FULTON, ERIE, EMERSON, EAST CLINTON, DEER GROVE, CORDOVA, COLETA, COAL VALLEY, ANDALUSIA AND ALBANY
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS…HIGHWAYS AND STREETS…UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IS LIKELY.