BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
734 PM CDT SUN JUL 27 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF FAIRFIELD…
VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KEOSAUQUA…

* UNTIL 130 AM CDT

* AT 728 PM CDT…TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAINS HAVE
FLOODED HIGHWAY 1 IN JEFFERSON COUNTY SOUTH OF FAIRFIELD.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PLEASANT
PLAIN…PACKWOOD…LOCKRIDGE…LIBERTYVILLE…BATAVIA…AND ABINGDON.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF FLOOD-PRONE
AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE IMMEDIATELY FROM THESE AREAS TO HIGHER
GROUND.

DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. MOST FATALITIES OCCUR IN VEHICLES
SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.