BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
127 AM CDT TUE AUG 3 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MARENGO…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…UNIVERSITY OF IOWA…IOWA CITY…
KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIGOURNEY…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WASHINGTON…

* UNTIL 730 AM CDT

* AT 121 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES AN HOUR IS FALLING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WASHINGTON AND KEOKUK…AS WELL AS SOUTHERN IOWA AND JOHNSON COUNTIES FOR THE PAST HOUR…AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THESE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES ARE EXPECTED IN THE NEXT HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILLERSBURG…NORTH ENGLISH…KINROSS…KESWICK…WELLMAN…KALONA…RICHMOND…
SIGOURNEY…KEOTA…WEST CHESTER…WASHINGTON…WILLIAMSBURG…IOWA CITY AND LONE TREE.

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.