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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED  
FLASH FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL  
600 PM CDT WED APR 15 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...  
BENTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...  
 
* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT.  
 
* AT 600 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...  
VINTON, BELLE PLAINE, URBANA, SHELLSBURG, NEWHALL, BLAIRSTOWN, VAN  
HORNE, KEYSTONE, GARRISON, MOUNT AUBURN, LUZERNE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 380 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 40 AND 48.  
 
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...  
MUD CREEK, WILDCAT CREEK, PRATT CREEK, LITTLE BEAR CREEK, WEST  
FORK CEDAR RIVER, BEAR CREEK, OPOSSUM CREEK, GOOSE RUN, WOLF  
CREEK, STEIN CREEK, WEST BRANCH BLUE CREEK, DRY CREEK, BUCKEYE  
CREEK, PRAIRIE CREEK, COON CREEK, ROCK CREEK, WILLOW BROOK, IOWA  
RIVER AND LIME CREEK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4230 9183 4205 9184 4189 9200 4189 9230  
4222 9230 4230 9208  
 
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED  
 

 
 
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