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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
848 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
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DES MOINES IA-HENDERSON IL-WARREN IL-
848 AM CDT FRI AUG 14 2026
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 AM CDT THIS
MORNING FOR NORTHERN DES MOINES, NORTHEASTERN HENDERSON AND WARREN
COUNTIES...
AT 848 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 3
AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1
INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
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...
MONMOUTH, OQUAWKA, MEDIAPOLIS, KIRKWOOD, LITTLE YORK, BIGGSVILLE,
GLADSTONE, ROZETTA, LAKE WARREN, KOSSUTH, GREENBUSH, COLDBROOK,
BALD BLUFF, BERWICK, SMITHSHIRE, DELABAR STATE PARK, ELEANOR,
PONEMAH, BIG RIVER STATE FOREST AND MONMOUTH MUNICIPAL AIRPORT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STATE PARKS...
DELABAR STATE PARK AND HENDERSON COUNTY CONSERVATION AREA.
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.
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 4106 9131 4100 9044 4069 9044 4092 9132
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
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