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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MAQUOKETA…
JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ANAMOSA…

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 138 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO NEARLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON SATURATED SOILS SINCE 10 AM.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CENTER JUNCTION, STONE CITY, SPRINGBROOK, MONTICELLO, LANGWORTHY, LA MOTTE, FULTON, CANTON, BELLEVUE AND ANDREW

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. MOST FATALITIES OCCUR IN VEHICLES SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.