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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
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…

* UNTIL 1215 AM CDT

* AT 609 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING INTO MUSCATINE AND SCOTT COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR. THIS RAIN WILL EVENTUALLY MERGE WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH AND INCREASE RAINFALL RATES. SOILS ARE SATURATED SO ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUN OFF QUICKLY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WILTON…
WEST LIBERTY…WALCOTT…PRINCETON…MCCAUSLAND…LONG GROVE…LE CLAIRE…ELDRIDGE…DONAHUE AND ATALISSA

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

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.