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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
846 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
IAC057-115-ILC071-131-187-141600-
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DES MOINES IA-LOUISA IA-HENDERSON IL-MERCER IL-WARREN IL-
846 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CDT THIS MORNING
FOR NORTHEASTERN DES MOINES, LOUISA, MERCER, NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON
AND NORTHERN WARREN COUNTIES...
AT 846 AM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING CAUSED
BY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. 911 DISPATCH REPORTED THAT SEVERAL SECONDARY ROADS
WERE CLOSED IN LOUISA COUNTY DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROADS. FLASH
FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED.
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...
ALEDO, WAPELLO, COLUMBUS JUNCTION, BURGESS, VIOLA, MORNING SUN, NEW
WINDSOR, MILLERSBURG, MATHERVILLE, NEW BOSTON, SHERRARD,
KEITHSBURG, GRANDVIEW, REYNOLDS, ELIZA, JOY, COLUMBUS CITY, LETTS,
LITTLE YORK AND SEATON.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
BIG RIVER STATE FOREST.
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.
LAT...LON 4107 9136 4116 9137 4116 9145 4117 9149
4126 9149 4137 9148 4133 9136 4133 9080
4133 9043 4099 9044 4106 9136
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
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