BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
443 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 745 PM CDT

* AT 437 PM CDT…LOCAL LAW ENFOREMENT REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL RATES IN MAQUOKETA AND FLOODING OVER
HIGHWAY 64. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING
IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MAQUOKETA…BELLEVUE…PRESTON…ANDREW…SPRINGBROOK…
SPRAGUEVILLE…HURSTVILLE…NASHVILLE…FULTON…COTTONVILLE…
MAQUOKETA CAVES STATE PARK…MAQUOKETA MUNICIPAL AIRPORT…
IRONHILLS…OTTER CREEK…BUCKHORN…JACKSON COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS AND
BELLEVUE STATE PARK.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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LAT…LON 4225 9041 4203 9040 4203 9082 4226 9075
4227 9043

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