BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
229 PM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANCHESTER…

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT

* AT 222 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR
ESTIMATES BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM EAST
CENTRAL BUCHANAN COUNTY INTO DELAWARE COUNTY…AND RAIN CONTINUES
IN DELAWARE COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
MASONVILLE…GREELEY…EARLVILLE…DUNDEE AND DELAWARE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF FLOOD-PRONE
AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE IMMEDIATELY FROM THESE AREAS TO HIGHER
GROUND.

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

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS…HIGHWAYS AND STREETS…
UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IS LIKELY.

IF YOU ARE CAMPING NEAR A STREAM…CREEK OR OTHER LOW LYING AREA…
MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND.

There is also Flash Flood Warnings for
APPANOOSE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
DAVIS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
EASTERN WAYNE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN LUCAS COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
SOUTHEASTERN MONROE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA…
WAPELLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA