BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
121 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 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…
NORTHWESTERN DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA…

* UNTIL 415 AM CDT

* AT 115 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL EARLY THIS MORNING WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AS GROUND IS SATURATED DUE TO EXCESSIVE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WINTHROP…ROWLEY…LAMONT…JESUP…HAZLETON…BRANDON…
AURORA AND DUNDEE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING…ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.