Flooding, Weather Alerts

Flash Flood Warning (Muscatine, Louisa and Washington in IA, Rock Island in IL and further east) until 11:45am

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
IAC115-139-183-ILC011-073-131-155-161-181645-
/O.NEW.KDVN.FF.W.0011.130418T0746Z-130418T1645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
246 AM CDT THU APR 18 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUSCATINE…
BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PRINCETON…
PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF HENNEPIN…
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…
LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…WAPELLO…COLUMBUS JUNCTION…
SOUTHEASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 1145 AM CDT

* AT 239 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WYANET…
WALNUT…SPRING VALLEY…SHEFFIELD…LADD…LA MOILLE…DEPUE…
DALZELL…BUDA…WARNER…OSBORN…ORION…HOOPPOLE…GENESEO…
COLONA…CLEVELAND…ATKINSON…ANNAWAN…SHERRARD…REYNOLDS…
HAMLET…TAYLOR RIDGE…SILVIS…RAPIDS CITY…PORT BYRON…OAK
GROVE…MILAN…ILLINOIS CITY…HAMPTON…CORDOVA…COAL VALLEY…
ANDALUSIA…LETTS…MONTPELIER…FRUITLAND…FAIRPORT AND
CONESVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED AS A LARGE AREA OF
RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MOVES ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS.

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.

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LAT…LON 4110 8918 4115 8963 4123 8964 4123 8986
4114 8987 4115 9043 4106 9044 4108 9137
4116 9138 4116 9172 4142 9154 4149 9079
4145 9078 4146 9067 4159 9034 4173 9032
4178 9025 4165 9016 4159 9019 4159 8917

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