SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
859 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

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LINN IA-IOWA IA-JOHNSON IA-WASHINGTON IA-KEOKUK IA-
859 PM CDT THU SEP 11 2008

…REPEAT THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS…

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN REPEATEDLY DEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY AND NORTHERN KEOKUK
COUNTY…PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. NO
REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE YET BEEN RECEIVED. HOWEVER…LOCAL
ROADSIDE DITCHES…HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES…LOW LYING AREAS AND
SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY BE BEGINNING TO FILL AS EXCESSIVE
RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS DRAINS OFF. LOCALIZED FLOODING OF THESE
AREAS IS POSSIBLE DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THERE MAY BE MINOR TO
MODERATE RISES ON THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE ENGLISH RIVER…AND GRITTER
CREEK IN SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY.

THESE STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO MOVE NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREAS
THAT HAVE RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL…AND ONLY AN ADDITIONAL
ONE TO TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. THESE STORMS
ARE MOVING INTO NORTHERN JOHNSON AND SOUTHERN LINN COUNTIES…BUT
ARE PRODUCING LIGHTER RAINFALL AMOUNTS AS THEY MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT…WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED…ACT QUICKLY. MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS TO RISE.

TO REPORT FLOODING…HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.