Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

Issued

Jun 14, 1991, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)

Expired

Jun 14, 1991, 10:15 PM CDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Quad Cities, IA

Area

Whole counties

County Clayton County, IA

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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA
706 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DUBUQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST IOWA
 
   ...NORTHERN CLAYTON COUNTY
 
AT 705 PM CDT...STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER THE
NORTHERN PART OF CLAYTON COUNTIES.
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER 5 INCHES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN MONONA AND
HEAVY RAINS MAY PRODUCE ANOTHER FEW INCHES.
 
NO FLOODING PROBLEMS WERE RECEIVED AT THIS TIME...BUT THE EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL WILL PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OVER THE COUNTY UNTIL AT LEAST
1000 PM CDT.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEZN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.
KOWALSKI
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In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA
440 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 1991

AT 435 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN THE
NORTHWEST PART OF CLAYTON COUNTY IOWA...AROUND THE CITY OF
POSTVILLE...WHICH IS 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF DUBUQUE.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING...ALONG WITH PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AS IT MOVES
THROUGH THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY.

MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORM WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
KOWALSKI

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DUBUQUE IA
644 PM CDT FRI JUN 14 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...

AT 640 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN CLAYTON
COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND WIND
GUSTS OF 30 TO 35 MPH.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT
30 MPH.

WITH THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF RAIN THAT HAVE FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF
TIME...SOME FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS MAY BE OCCURRING.  DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS A STREAM THAT IS FLOWING OVER A ROAD.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP TO THE WEST OF CLAYTON
COUNTY...THEREFORE THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODIN'G WILL CONTINUE
UNTIL THE STORMS PASS.

IF THREATENING WEATHER OR FLOOD WATERS APPROACH YOUR AREA BE PREPARED TO
TAKE SHELTER OR MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

IRELAND

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Flash Flood Warnings in Iowa, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.