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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KAHOKA…
SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MEMPHIS…
LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…KEOKUK…FORT MADISON…
SOUTHERN VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KEOSAUQUA…

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 233 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR…WHICH IS PRODUCING
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF UP TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN…WITH MORE STORMS
TO FOLLOW.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MILTON…
CANTRIL…BONAPARTE…BENTONSPORT/VERNON…WEST POINT…ST. PAUL…
PILOT GROVE…NEW BOSTON…FRANKLIN…DONNELLSON…DENMARK AND
CROTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE.

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