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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

* AT 102 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS ALREADY RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES ALONG HIGHWAY 20 IN DELAWARE COUNTY…AND MORE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO THE AREA FROM THE WEST. RAINFALL RATES OF OVER AN INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN OBSERVED THIS EVENING.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINTHROP…JESUP…DELHI…MANCHESTER…INDEPENDENCE…MASONVILLE…GREELEY…EARLVILLE…DELAWARE…COLESBURG AND EDGEWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE STORMS MOVE OUT OF THE AREA.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING…ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.