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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
955 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
.HEAVY RAINFALL OF 4 TO 7 INCHES FROM NORTHERN MISSOURI AND
SOUTHEAST IOWA INTO NORTHERN ILLINOIS WILL PUSH THE GREEN RIVER TO
NEAR RECORD FLOOD.
RIVER FORECASTS TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PAST PRECIPITATION...AS WELL AS
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS EXPECTED 24 HOURS INTO THE FUTURE FROM THE
FORECAST ISSUANCE TIME.
SAFETY MESSAGE...IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND
AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN.
ADDITIONAL RIVER AND WEATHER INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT...
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/QUADCITIES .
ILC073-161-140255-
/O.NEW.KDVN.FL.W.0201.080914T0546Z-080918T0730Z/
/GENI2.3.ER.080914T0546Z.080915T0600Z.080916T1930Z.NR/
955 AM CDT SAT SEP 13 2008
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL TUESDAY
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE GREEN RIVER NEAR GENESEO.
* UNTIL TUESDAY.
* AT 9:30 AM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET...AND RISING.
* NO FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND NEAR RECORD FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* RECENT ACTIVITY...THE RIVER IS RISING RAPIDLY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 15 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY MORNING...AND CONTINUE
RISING TO 18.7 FEET MONDAY MORNING. FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
TUESDAY.
* CREST HISTORY...THIS FLOOD WILL BE COMPARABLE TO THE RECORD FLOOD
ON OCTOBER 10TH 1998.
* IMPACT...AT 18 FEET...WATER INUNDATES 10TH AVENUE IN SOUTH COLONA.
WATER AFFECTS LEVEES DOWNSTREAM OF ILLINOIS HIGHWAY 84.
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