URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
313 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
…FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT…
.TORRENTIAL RAINS CONTINUE TO FALL THIS MORNING IN PARTS OF
EASTERN IOWA AND WESTERN ILLINOIS…THESE RAINS HAVE SATURATED
SOILS IN PARTS OF THE AREA…INCLUDING THE METRO AREAS OF CEDAR
RAPIDS..IOWA CITY…MUSCATINE…AND THE QUAD CITIES. ANOTHER
ROUND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY
MORNING. THIS NEXT ROUND OF STORMS WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR
ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN…WHICH MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING.
FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE SEEN HEAVY
RAIN OVERNIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING.
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INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…INDEPENDENCE…MANCHESTER…DUBUQUE…
VINTON…CEDAR RAPIDS…ANAMOSA…MAQUOKETA…MARENGO…
IOWA CITY…TIPTON…CLINTON…MUSCATINE…BETTENDORF…
DAVENPORT…SIGOURNEY…WASHINGTON…WAPELLO…FAIRFIELD…
MOUNT PLEASANT…KEOSAUQUA.
313 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST IOWA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS…IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…BENTON…CEDAR…CLINTON…
IOWA…JACKSON…JOHNSON…JONES…LINN…MUSCATINE AND SCOTT.
IN NORTHEAST IOWA…BUCHANAN…DELAWARE AND DUBUQUE. IN
SOUTHEAST IOWA…HENRY IA…JEFFERSON…KEOKUK…LOUISA…VAN
BUREN AND WASHINGTON.
* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES ARE LIKELY
TONIGHT…WHICH WILL FALL ON SATURATED SOIL FROM OVERNIGHT
STORMS.
* FLASH FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY POSSIBLE IN THE CEDAR RAPIDS…IOWA
CITY…MUSCATINE AND QUAD CITIES METRO AREAS SINCE THESE
LOCATIONS WERE IMPACTED BY HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
MONITOR FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE
ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS.
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URGENT – IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
338 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
…FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT…
.HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION TONIGHT WITH
WIDESPREAD RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES FORECAST TO FALL. LOCALLY
HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE WITH HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES FALLING PER HOUR. WITH THIS HEAVY RAIN COMING IN THE NIGHT
TIME HOURS…MOTORISTS WITH TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT INTO EARLY
WEDNESDAY MORNING ARE URGED TO STAY ALERT OF THE LATEST WEATHER
CONDITIONS. TO GO ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ROADS BEING WASHED
OUT…VISIBILITY WILL ALSO BE VERY LOW IN THE HEAVIEST DOWNPOURS
AND WILL MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY
WITH WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL…BUT CONFIDENCE IS FAIRLY
HIGH THAT THE MAIN TIME FRAME OF CONCERN IS FROM LATE THIS EVENING
THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.
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ADAMS-VERNON-CRAWFORD-RICHLAND-GRANT-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…DECORAH…WAUKON…CHARLES CITY…
OELWEIN…ROCHESTER…WINONA…AUSTIN…MEDFORD…NEILLSVILLE…
BLACK RIVER FALLS…LA CROSSE…SPARTA/TOMAH…MAUSTON…
VIROQUA…PRAIRIE DU CHIEN…RICHLAND CENTER…PLATTEVILLE
338 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH
WEDNESDAY MORNING…
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST IOWA…SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA AND WISCONSIN…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN
NORTHEAST IOWA…ALLAMAKEE…CHICKASAW…CLAYTON…FAYETTE…
FLOYD…HOWARD…MITCHELL AND WINNESHIEK. IN SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA…DODGE…FILLMORE…HOUSTON…MOWER…OLMSTED…
WABASHA AND WINONA. IN WISCONSIN…ADAMS…BUFFALO…CLARK…
CRAWFORD…GRANT…JACKSON…JUNEAU…LA CROSSE…MONROE…
RICHLAND…TAYLOR…TREMPEALEAU AND VERNON.
* FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR IS POSSIBLE THIS
EVENING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. WIDESPREAD STORM TOTAL RAINFALL
OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS IN
AREAS WHERE THE THUNDERSTORMS TRAIN OVER THE SAME LOCATIONS OVER
A LONGER PERIOD.
* ANYONE WITH TRAVEL PLANS TONIGHT WILL WANT TO STAY ALERT TO THE
LATEST WEATHER CONDITIONS AS ROADS MAY BE WASHED OUT OR HAVE
MOVING WATER OVER THEM. VISIBILITY WILL ALSO LIKELY BE VERY LOW
FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL RATES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
&&
$$
HALBACH