FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
325 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2015
…MORE HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THURSDAY MORNING…’Read more for the official NWS statement
.A FRONT IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF KANSAS AND MISSOURI WILL SLOWLY LIFT NORTH TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE AND PRODUCE A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS MAY MOVE
ACROSS THE SAME AREA AND PRODUCE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL.
AREAS IMPACTED:
BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK- WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON-HENRY IA-DES MOINES-VAN BUREN-LEE- CARROLL-WHITESIDE-ROCK ISLAND-HENRY IL-BUREAU-PUTNAM-MERCER-HENDERSON- WARREN-HANCOCK-MCDONOUGH-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…VINTON…CEDAR RAPIDS…ANAMOSA…MAQUOKETA… MARENGO…IOWA CITY…TIPTON…CLINTON…MUSCATINE…BETTENDORF… DAVENPORT…SIGOURNEY…WASHINGTON…WAPELLO… FAIRFIELD…MOUNT PLEASANT… BURLINGTON…KEOSAUQUA….FORT MADISON…MOUNT CARROLL…STERLING… ROCK FALLS…MOLINE…ROCK ISLAND…KEWANEE…PRINCETON… HENNEPIN…ALEDO…OQUAWKA…
MONMOUTH…CARTHAGE…MACOMB
325 AM CDT WED JUN 24 2015
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF ILLINOIS AND IOWA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS…IN ILLINOIS…BUREAU…CARROLL…HANCOCK…HENDERSON…
HENRY IL… MCDONOUGH…MERCER…PUTNAM… ROCK ISLAND…WARREN
AND WHITESIDE.
IN IOWA…BENTON…CEDAR…CLINTON…DES MOINES…HENRY IA…IOWA… JACKSON…JEFFERSON…JOHNSON… JONES…KEOKUK…LEE… LINN…LOUISA…MUSCATINE…SCOTT…VAN BUREN AND WASHINGTON.
* FROM THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING
* A FRONT WILL MOVE NORTH INTO THE AREA ON WEDNESDAY. VERY WARM AND MOIST AIR SOUTH OF THE FRONT WILL HELP PRODUCE A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS. RAINFALL OF AT LEAST 1 TO 3 INCHES MAY BE POSSIBLE BY SUNRISE THURSDAY.
* THE GROUND IS ALREADY QUITE MOIST FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THE PAST 10 DAYS. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD QUICKLY SATURATE THE SOIL RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING AND CAUSING RISES ON AREA WATERWAYS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. MONITOR FORECASTS AND TAKE ACTION IF FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ISSUED OR FLASH FLOODING DEVELOPS.
