BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
410 AM CDT THU JUL 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLOOD WARNING FOR URBAN AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS IN…
NORTHERN JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
EASTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
DUBUQUE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF DUBUQUE…
NORTHERN CARROLL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF GALENA…
STEPHENSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FREEPORT…

* UNTIL 400 PM CDT THURSDAY

* AT 405 AM CDT…4 TO 12 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED OVER THE WARNED AREA IN THE PAST 10 HOURS. THIS IS RESULTING IN NEAR HISTORIC FLOODING AROUND THE GREATER DUBUQUE AREA. WIDESPREAD ROAD CLOSURES CONTINUE WITH NUMEROUS WASHED OUT BRIDGES. LARGE AREAS OF LOW LYING LAND ARE COVERED IN WATER. INDIVIDUALS ARE URGED NOT TO TRAVEL AND TO GO TO HIGH GROUND FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES. THE RAIN IS EASING AND SHOULD END ENTIRELY OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

THIS AREAL FLOOD WARNING REPLACES THE EXISTING FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT.

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. STREAM RISES WILL BE SLOW AND FLASH FLOODING IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER…ALL INTERESTED PARTIES SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH MAY OCCUR IN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS.

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