The National Weather Service in the Quad Cities has issued a Flash Flood Watch which will be in effect until 7pm Wednesday evening for the following counties, Benton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Des Moines, Dubuque, Henry, Iowa, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Jones, Keokuk, Lee, Linn, Louisa, Muscatine, Scott, Van Buren and Washington.

* VERY HIGH MOISTURE LEVELS COMBINED WITH SLOW MOVING STORMS WILL RESULT IN LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS.

* LOCALIZED RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES MAY OCCUR WITH HIGH RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF WATER IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WOULD RESULT IN FLASH FLOODING IN FAVORED LOW LYING LOCATIONS.