[LeArc] Flash Flood Watch

[Tony]

> 
> FLOOD WATCH
> NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
> 334 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007
> 
> ...HEAVY RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING UNTIL 1 PM THIS
> AFTERNOON...
> 
> .RAINFALL THE PAST 24 HOURS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN MANY AREAS
> COMBINED WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ANOTHER INCH OR MORE FROM STORMS
> UNTIL EARLY AFTERNOON MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING.
> 
> IAZ040>042-051>054-063>068-076>078-087>089-098-099-ILZ001-002-007-
> 009-015>018-024>026-034-035-MOZ009-010-201645-
> /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
> 334 AM CDT MON AUG 20 2007
> 
> ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS
> 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.
> 
> * UNTIL 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON
> 
> * AREAS OF 1 TO 3 INCH RAIN TOTALS HAVE FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WATCH
>  REGION...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-80 THE PAST 24 HOURS. THIS HAS
>  CREATED VERY WET SOIL CONDITIONS.
> 
> * THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN IOWA THAT MAY
>  RESULT IN AN ADDITIONAL INCH OR MORE OF RAIN INTO THE EARLY
>  AFTERNOON HOURS. WITH SATURATED GROUND CONDITIONS FROM RECENT
>  RAINFALL...THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
>  LOCATIONS MOST AT RISK ARE ALONG AND NORTH OF I-80.
> 
> 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.