BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
300 AM CDT SAT JUL 23 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 900 AM CDT

* AT 252 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO REGENERATE AND MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA. THIS WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING…ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM JESUP TO MANCHESTER…WHERE DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER 3 INCHES HAS OCCURRED OVER THE PAST 6 HOURS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINTHROP…STANLEY…LAMONT…JESUP…HAZLETON…FAIRBANK…AURORA…MASONVILLE…GREELEY…EARLVILLE…DUNDEE…DELAWARE…COLESBURG AND EDGEWOOD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPING JUST WEST OF WATERLOO WILL LIKELY SPREAD ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BEFORE SUNRISE…WHICH WILL RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING.

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

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS…HIGHWAYS AND STREETS…UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IS LIKELY.