BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
246 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN IOWA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…
KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SIGOURNEY…
WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WASHINGTON…

* UNTIL 845 AM CDT

* AT 240 AM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING WAS DEVELOPING FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL TOTALS OF 2 TO LOCALLY 4 INCHES WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS…INCLUDING MANY ROADWAYS.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WHAT CHEER…SOUTH ENGLISH…KINROSS…KESWICK…WELLMAN…RICHMOND…KALONA AND NORTH ENGLISH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF FLOOD-PRONE AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE IMMEDIATELY FROM THESE AREAS TO HIGHER GROUND.