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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIGOURNEY…
LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WAPELLO…COLUMBUS JUNCTION…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WASHINGTON…

* UNTIL 400 AM CDT FRIDAY

* AT 953 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. A
SPOTTER REPORTED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN LESS THAN AN HOUR
NEAR WASHINGTON.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LETTS…
WHAT CHEER…SOUTH ENGLISH…KINROSS…KESWICK…HARPER…DELTA…
WELLMAN…RICHMOND AND KALONA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER THE AREA.

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