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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
758 PM CDT TUE APR 14 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
STEPHENSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN ILLINOIS...
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT WEDNESDAY.
* AT 758 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN
AREAS, HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS
OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
FREEPORT, GALENA, LENA, STOCKTON, PEARL CITY, ELIZABETH,
CEDARVILLE, DAVIS, WOODBINE, DAKOTA, ROCK CITY, RIDOTT, NORA,
MASSBACH, SCHAPVILLE, BUENA VISTA, LORAN, ROCK GROVE, ONECO AND
ORANGEVILLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED
ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.
LAT...LON 4233 9025 4237 9047 4239 9050 4250 8965
4250 8940 4222 8940 4223 9023 4228 9022
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
ERVIN
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