These are the same areas that were hit with flash flooding yesterday morning as well.

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
308 AM CDT WED AUG 4 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHWESTERN JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHERN KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 259 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS VERY HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING OVER AN AREA THAT RECEIVED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING…AND NOW IS RECEIVING HEAVY RAINFALL AGAIN. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH AN HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO HILLS…KESWICK…NORTH ENGLISH…KALONA…PARNELL AND MILLERSBURG.

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.