BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1257 AM CDT THU AUG 27 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD…
KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIGOURNEY…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WASHINGTON…

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 1245 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY HAS ALREADY PUT DOWN 3 TO 4 INCHES ACROSS SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND PRODUCED FLASH FLOODING THEN. THE RADAR IS INDICATING THAT AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST COUPLE HOURS…WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
SIGOURNEY…RICHLAND…BRIGHTON…RUBIO…HAYESVILLE…WEST
CHESTER…PACKWOOD…ABINGDON…PLEASANT PLAIN…WAYLAND…
FAIRFIELD AND MOUNT PLEASANT

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

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