Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Quad Cities, IA

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WGUS73 KDVN 212307
FFSDVN
IAC011-019-055-113-220330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
607 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR DELAWARE
COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BENTON
COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...

AT 601 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 
HAS FALLEN ACROSS LARGE PORTIONS OF BENTON AND BUCHANAN COUNTIES...
AND SOUTHERN BUCHANAN COUNTY.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER SOUTHERN
BENTON AND BUCHANAN COUNTY...WITH MORE STORMS MOVING INTO BUCHANAN AND
DELAWARE COUNTIES.  THE RAINFALL FROM THESE STORMS HAS LED TO VERY 
HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND SUBSEQUENT FLASH FLOODING.

AT 517 PM CDT THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT WATER WAS COVERING THE ROADS IN
ROBBINS...IN CENTRAL CEDAR RAPDS.

AT 534 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN JUST
ONE HOUR NEAR WHERE HIGHWAY 13 CROSSES INDIAN CREEK IN CEDAR COUNTY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY
BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY OR THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT. VEHICLES
CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

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WGUS73 KDVN 220012
FFSDVN
IAC011-019-055-113-220445-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
712 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR DELAWARE
COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BUCHANAN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BENTON
COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND LINN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...

AT 645 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAS
ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...BUT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 
THAT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO OCCUR.  LINN COUNTY REPORTED THAT 
FLOODING HAS CAUSED ROADS TO BE BLOCKED OFF ALONG INDIAN CREEK.  A 
FOOTBALL FIELD AT THE MARION HIGH SCHOOL IS FLOODED.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING 
OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY
...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS 
AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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WGUS73 KDVN 220348
FFSDVN
IAC011-019-055-113-220430-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1048 PM CDT FRI MAY 21 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BUCHANAN COUNTY IN 
NORTHEAST IOWA...BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA AND LINN 
COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT TRIGGERED THE INITIAL FLASH FLOODING HAS 
ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA FOR NOW.  MORE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED
THE AREA FROM THE WEST. THOUGH THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE MORE HEAVY 
RAINS...THEY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO CAUSE FURTHER FLASH FLOODING AT 
THIS TIME.  STREAMS AND CREEKS ACROSS THE AREA HAVE RECEDED OR 
WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE 
RECEDING...SOME ROADWAYS MAY STILL HAVE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON 
THEM.  MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED 
ROADWAYS.

REPORTS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING INDICATED THAT WIDESPREAD FLASH 
FLOODING OCCURRED IN LINN COUNTY...ESPECIALLY IN CEDAR RAPIDS AND
MARION WHERE THE URBAN AREAS CONTRIBUTED TO RUN OFF PROBLEMS.  

UNTIL THE FLOOD WATERS COMPLETELY RECEDE...BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS 
AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND 
FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...QUICKLY MOVE TO 
HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...
FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.

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