660  
WGUS83 KDVN 311644  
FLSDVN  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL  
1144 AM CDT WED JUL 31 2024  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MISSOURI...IOWA...  
 
DES MOINES RIVER AT ST FRANCISVILLE AFFECTING LEE AND CLARK  
COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE  
CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/QUADCITIES.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THURSDAY MORNING AT 1145 AM CDT.  
 
 
 
IAC111-MOC045-011645-  
/O.EXT.KDVN.FL.W.0069.240731T1644Z-240802T2200Z/  
/SFLM7.1.ER.240731T2020Z.240801T1200Z.240802T1400Z.NO/  
1144 AM CDT WED JUL 31 2024  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...DES MOINES RIVER AT ST FRANCISVILLE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 21.0 FEET, AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS IN AREAS  
ALONG THE RIVER NOT PROTECTED BY LEVEES.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:45 AM CDT WEDNESDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATE THIS  
AFTERNOON TO 21.5 FEET EARLY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. IT WILL THEN  
FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE FRIDAY MORNING TO 14.2 FEET EARLY  
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. IT WILL RISE TO 15.8 FEET EARLY MONDAY  
MORNING. IT WILL THEN FALL AGAIN AND REMAIN BELOW FLOOD  
STAGE.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4061 9172 4069 9172 4040 9139 4035 9147  
4061 9185  
 
 
 
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