BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
541 PM CDT FRI JUN 18 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF INDEPENDENCE…
DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MANCHESTER…

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 533 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE TRAINING OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE ON TOP OF HEAVY RAINS EARLIER TODAY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LAMONT…
RYAN…ONEIDA…MASONVILLE…HOPKINTON…GREELEY…EARLVILLE…
DUNDEE…DELHI…DELAWARE AND COLESBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

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

FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS…HIGHWAYS AND STREETS…UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IS LIKELY.