BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1044 PM CDT THU MAY 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…DAVENPORT…BETTENDORF…
HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…KEWANEE…CAMBRIDGE…
MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ALEDO…
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ROCK ISLAND…MOLINE…EAST MOLINE…
SOUTHEASTERN LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 445 AM CDT FRIDAY

* AT 1037 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED
AREA. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO ATKINSON…
OSBORN…HOOPPOLE…GENESEO…COLONA…CLEVELAND…SILVIS…RAPIDS
CITY…PORT BYRON…MILAN…HAMPTON…CORDOVA…COAL VALLEY…
ANDALUSIA…WALCOTT…RIVERDALE…PRINCETON…LONG GROVE…LE
CLAIRE…ELDRIDGE…DONAHUE…BUFFALO AND BLUE GRASS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED.

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