BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1104 PM CDT WED JUN 24 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…

* UNTIL 500 AM CDT

* AT 1102 PM CDT…EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE ROAD SOUTH OF
VINTON ON HIGHWAY 218. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
VINTON…BELLE PLAINE…ATKINS…WALFORD…DYSART…SHELLSBURG…
NEWHALL…BLAIRSTOWN…VAN HORNE…KEYSTONE…NORWAY…GARRISON…
LUZERNE AND WATKINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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LAT…LON 4217 9230 4216 9183 4187 9183 4187 9230

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GIBBS