BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
824 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS…
JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 230 AM CDT WEDNESDAY

* AT 823 PM CDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE
ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
MAQUOKETA…GALENA…BELLEVUE…STOCKTON…EAST DUBUQUE…WARREN…
HANOVER…ELIZABETH…WOODBINE…ANDREW…SCALES MOUND…
APPLE RIVER…LA MOTTE…MENOMINEE…MONMOUTH…SPRINGBROOK…
COUNCIL HILL…ST. DONATUS…NORA AND ZWINGLE.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

TURN AROUND…DON’T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…FARMLAND…AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.

&&

LAT…LON 4250 8993 4229 8992 4220 9014 4219 9031
4218 9029 4215 9029 4209 9043 4203 9090
4229 9090 4230 9067 4238 9066 4238 9048
4247 9065 4251 9064

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