BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
110 AM CDT FRI MAY 4 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MOUNT PLEASANT…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD…

* UNTIL 715 AM CDT

* AT 104 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES CAUSING FLASH FLOODING FROM
THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE WARNED AREA. STORMS AFFECTED THIS
AREA THURSDAY EVENING…AND NOW MORE STORMS ARE POISED TO
MOVE ACROSS THE AREA…BRINGING HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MAHARISHI
VEDIC CITY…WINFIELD…WAYLAND…OLDS…MOUNT UNION…PLEASANT
PLAIN…PACKWOOD AND ABINGDON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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