BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1020 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CEDAR COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WEST BRANCH…TIPTON…DURANT…
JOHNSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF IOWA CITY…
MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUSCATINE…
SOUTHWESTERN ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
NORTHERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
NORTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 1015 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED
AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN
OBSERVED IN THIS AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
RIVERSIDE…WILTON…WEST LIBERTY…NICHOLS…MONTPELIER…
FAIRPORT…ATALISSA…UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS…TIFFIN…SWISHER…
SOLON…SHUEYVILLE…OXFORD…OAKDALE…NORTH LIBERTY…LONE
TREE…LAKE MACBRIDE STATE PARK…HILLS…CORALVILLE…ROCHESTER…
LOWDEN AND BENNETT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED AS ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE AREA.

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