BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
352 PM CDT WED JUN 23 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
MUSCATINE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF MUSCATINE…
SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…DAVENPORT…BETTENDORF…
ROCK ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF…ROCK ISLAND…MOLINE…EAST MOLINE…

* UNTIL 945 PM CDT

* AT 346 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAINFALL AT RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR WILL MOVE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 6 PM CDT. THESE AREAS ARE ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL THIS MORNING AND CAN NOT TAKE ANY MORE WATER.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RAPIDS CITY…PORT BYRON…CORDOVA…WILTON…WEST LIBERTY…ATALISSA…WALCOTT…PRINCETON…MCCAUSLAND…LONG GROVE…LE CLAIRE…ELDRIDGE…DONAHUE AND THE ENTIRE QUAD CITY METRO AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED THROUGH 7 PM CDT.

FLASH FLOODING MEANS WATER WILL RISE RAPIDLY TO LEVELS CAUSING A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS.

FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON DUCK…MUD…MOSQUITO AND PINE CREEKS.

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