BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1255 AM CDT TUE JUL 20 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KAHOKA…
SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MEMPHIS…
SOUTHERN DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF BURLINGTON…
SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT…
SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD…
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…KEOKUK…FORT MADISON…
VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KEOSAUQUA…
HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…NAUVOO…CARTHAGE…
HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OQUAWKA…
MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY…
MACOMB…
SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…

* UNTIL 945 AM CDT

* AT 1236 AM CDT…DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF WIDESPREAD 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE NOON TODAY…WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING BACK INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. FLASH FLOODING HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN THE AREA…AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO…
FAIRFIELD…LIBERTYVILLE…SALEM…DANVILLE…BURLINGTON AND
WEST BURLINGTON…LOMAX…RARITAN…DOUDS/LEOUD…UTICA…
PILOT GROVE…FORT MADISON…DONNELLSON…KEOKUK…COLUSA…
GOOD HOPE…FANDON…INDUSTRY…COLMAR…DENVER…KEOKUK…
CARTHAGE…WAYLAND…KAHOKA…FARMINGTON…CANTRIL…BROCK…
ARBELA…LURAY…MEDILL AND ST. FRANCISVILLE.

* THIS WARNING REPLACES THE EARLIER FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE WARNED AREAS.

* FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BURLINGTON…FORT MADISON…FARMINGTON AND IN PORTIONS OF RURAL SCOTLAND COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT.

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.

PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.