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

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…
SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…KEOKUK…FORT MADISON…
HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…NAUVOO…CARTHAGE…
HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF OQUAWKA…
MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MACOMB…
WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MONMOUTH…

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 253 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 LITTLE SWAN
LAKE…TERRE HAUTE…STRONGHURST…ROZETTA…RARITAN…GULF PORT…
GLADSTONE…CARMAN…BIGGSVILLE…ROSEVILLE…LITTLE YORK…
KIRKWOOD…WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY…NIOTA…LA HARPE…
FERRIS…DISCO…DALLAS CITY…COLUSA…BURNSIDE…ADRIAN…
TENNESSEE…SCIOTA…PRAIRIE CITY…NEW PHILADELPHIA…GOOD HOPE…
COLCHESTER…BUSHNELL…BLANDINSVILLE…BARDOLPH…ADAIR…NEW
BOSTON…MONTROSE…FRANKLIN…DONNELLSON…CROTON…LURAY AND ST.
FRANCISVILLE.

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 4019 9150 4024 9151 4025 9194 4060 9194
4061 9173 4060 9172 4062 9172 4071 9143
4070 9111 4082 9109 4093 9096 4107 9094
4106 9043 4027 9045 4028 9090 4021 9091
4019 9128

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