[LeArc] WQAD E-WARN : Flash Flood Watch

[Tony]

> 
> FLOOD WATCH
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
> 837 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007
> 
> ...HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING TONIGHT AND EARLY
> MONDAY...
> 
> .MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM ERIN WILL CONTINUE
> TO STREAM NORTH ACROSS THE AREA AND INTERACT WITH A STALLED FRONTAL
> BOUNDARY TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...
> ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34. DUE TO A VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE...
> STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES...AS HIGH AS 1 INCH
> IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES.
> 
> IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
> 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-200945-
> /O.CON.KDVN.FF.A.0011.000000T0000Z-070820T1800Z/
> /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
> BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-
> CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-
> HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-JO DAVIESS-STEPHENSON-CARROLL-
> WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-
> WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
> INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...INDEPENDENCE...MANCHESTER...DUBUQUE...
> VINTON...CEDAR RAPIDS...ANAMOSA...MAQUOKETA...MARENGO...
> IOWA CITY...TIPTON...CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...
> DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...
> MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...
> GALENA...FREEPORT...MOUNT CARROLL...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...
> MOLINE...ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...
> OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
> 837 PM CDT SUN AUG 19 2007
> 
> ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON...
> 
> THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
> 
> * PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING
>  THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN ILLINOIS...BUREAU...CARROLL...
>  HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL...JO DAVIESS...MCDONOUGH...
>  MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND...STEPHENSON...WARREN AND
>  WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...BENTON...BUCHANAN...CEDAR...CLINTON...
>  DELAWARE...DES MOINES...DUBUQUE...HENRY IA...IOWA...JACKSON...
>  JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...JONES...KEOKUK...LEE...LINN...LOUISA...
>  MUSCATINE...SCOTT...VAN BUREN AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHEAST
>  MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND.
> 
> * THROUGH MONDAY AFTERNOON
> 
> * WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY
>  NORTH OF HIGHWAY 34 AS A LARGE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX MOVES SLOWLY
>  ACROSS THE AREA.
> 
> * WITH NEARLY SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS FROM RECENT RAINFALL...
>  ADDITIONAL STORMS TONIGHT MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WIDESPREAD
>  RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH ARE EXPECTED...WITH LOCAL
>  AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 3 TO 5 INCHES.
> 
> A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
> MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS
> ARE ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS.
>