FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1031 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
…FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TONIGHT… see the complete statement-click ‘read more’
.TORRENTIAL RAINS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES…WITH ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES…FELL OVERNIGHT IN PORTIONS OF EASTERN IOWA AND FAR WESTERN ILLINOIS. THESE RAINS HAVE SATURATED THE SOILS IN PARTS OF THE AREA…INCLUDING THE METRO AREAS OF CEDAR RAPIDS..IOWA CITY…MUSCATINE…AND THE QUAD CITIES. ANOTHER ROUND OF VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS NEXT ROUND OF STORMS WILL BRING THE THREAT FOR ANOTHER 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN…WHICH MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. FLOODING WILL BE MOST LIKELY IN LOCATIONS THAT HAVE SEEN HEAVY RAIN OVERNIGHT.
BUCHANAN-DELAWARE-DUBUQUE-BENTON-LINN-JONES-JACKSON-IOWA-JOHNSON-CEDAR-CLINTON-MUSCATINE-SCOTT-KEOKUK-WASHINGTON-LOUISA-JEFFERSON- HENRY IA-VAN BUREN-
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…KEOSAUQUA.
1031 AM CDT TUE SEP 9 2014
…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING
THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING…
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL IOWA…NORTHEAST IOWA AND SOUTHEAST IOWA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA…BENTON…CEDAR…CLINTON…IOWA… JACKSON…JOHNSON…JONES… LINN…MUSCATINE AND SCOTT.
IN NORTHEAST IOWA…BUCHANAN… DELAWARE AND DUBUQUE.
IN SOUTHEAST IOWA…HENRY IA… JEFFERSON…KEOKUK…LOUISA…VAN BUREN AND WASHINGTON.
* FROM 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY MORNING
* WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES ARE LIKELY TONIGHT…WHICH WILL FALL ON SATURATED SOIL FROM OVERNIGHT STORMS. LOCALLY HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE.
* FLASH FLOODING IS ESPECIALLY POSSIBLE IN THE CEDAR RAPIDS…IOWA CITY…MUSCATINE AND QUAD CITIES METRO AREAS SINCE THESE LOCATIONS WERE IMPACTED BY HEAVY RAINS OVERNIGHT.
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.
