[LeArc] Flash Flood Watch at 'Home', until 6:00am, Sun Mar 25 2007

[Duane Whittingham]

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
321 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...ADDITIONAL RAIN TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT MAY LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING...

.WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER THE PAST
SEVERAL DAYS HAS RESULTED IN VERY MOIST...AND IN SOME
LOCATIONS...NEARLY SATURATED SOIL CONDITIONS ACROSS EASTERN
IOWA...NORTHEAST MISSOURI...AND NORTHWEST ILLINOIS. MORE RAIN IS
EXPECTED TO FALL OVER THIS AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.
THE FIRST ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT AREAS
MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80 TONIGHT...WITH A GREATER POTENTIAL
FOR MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER RAINFALL OVER THE ENTIRE AREA
SATURDAY INTO SATURDAY NIGHT. THIS MAY LEAD TO URBAN AND SMALL
STREAM FLOODING...ALONG WITH FLOODING OF LOW LYING FLOOD PRONE
AREAS.

IN ADDITION...ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL MAY FURTHER
EXACERBATE ON-GOING RIVER FLOODING. AREA RIVERS THAT ARE ALREADY
RUNNING HIGH OR EXPERIENCING MINOR FLOODING...MAY SEE MORE
SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OVER THE WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK IF
WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN OCCURS.
IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-
LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE-WHITESIDE-
ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON-WARREN-
HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-SCOTLAND-CLARK-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MARENGO...IOWA CITY...TIPTON...
CLINTON...MUSCATINE...BETTENDORF...DAVENPORT...SIGOURNEY...
WASHINGTON...WAPELLO...FAIRFIELD...MOUNT PLEASANT...BURLINGTON...
KEOSAUQUA....FORT MADISON...STERLING...ROCK FALLS...MOLINE...
ROCK ISLAND...KEWANEE...PRINCETON...HENNEPIN...ALEDO...OQUAWKA...
MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...MACOMB...MEMPHIS...KAHOKA
321 PM CDT FRI MAR 23 2007

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH
SUNDAY MORNING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS...IOWA AND
   NORTHEAST MISSOURI...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN
   ILLINOIS...BUREAU...HANCOCK...HENDERSON...HENRY IL...
   MCDONOUGH...MERCER...PUTNAM...ROCK ISLAND...WARREN AND
   WHITESIDE. IN IOWA...CEDAR...CLINTON...DES MOINES...HENRY IA...
   IOWA...JEFFERSON...JOHNSON...KEOKUK...LEE...LOUISA...
   MUSCATINE...SCOTT...VAN BUREN AND WASHINGTON. IN NORTHEAST
   MISSOURI...CLARK AND SCOTLAND.

* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING

* SEVERAL ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
   AFFECT THE AREA TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT. LOCALLY HEAVY
   RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE...WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING WHERE
   THE GROUND IS ALREADY SATURATED FROM RAINFALL OVER THE PAST
   SEVERAL DAYS.

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE.
MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD
WARNINGS BE ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOP.