BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
222 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DUBUQUE…
NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT CARROLL…
JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GALENA…
STEPHENSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FREEPORT…

* UNTIL 815 AM CDT

* AT 214 AM CDT…SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING DUE TO SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL AFFECTING THE AREA. WIDESPREAD FLOODING AND FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING DUE TO THE SATURATED CONDITIONS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST COUPLE DAYS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINSLOW…ROCK CITY…LENA…DAVIS…DAKOTA…CEDARVILLE…WOODBINE…WARREN…STOCKTON…SCHAPVILLE…SCALES MOUND…NORA…MENOMINEE…EAST DUBUQUE…COUNCIL HILL…APPLE RIVER…ST. DONATUS…WORTHINGTON…SHERRILL…SAGEVILLE…RICKARDSVILLE…PEOSTA…NEW VIENNA…LUXEMBURG…HOLY CROSS…FARLEY…EPWORTH…DYERSVILLE…DURANGO…DUBUQUE REGIONAL AIRPORT…CENTRALIA…BANKSTON…BALLTOWN AND ASBURY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

WIDESPREAD FLOODING…WITH NUMEROUS STREAMS AND RIVERS OUT OF THEIR BANKS CAN BE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST IOWA MOVE OVER THE REGION EARLY THIS MORNING.

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