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BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1036 AM CDT SAT JUL 24 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HARTWICK OR LAKE DELHI DAM DAM ON THE
MAQUOKETA RIVER IN…DELAWARE COUNTY IOWA
* UNTIL 645 PM CDT SATURDAY
* AT 1029 AM CDT…THE FAILURE OF THE HATWICK OR LAKE DELHI DAM
HAS BEEN REPORTED BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS IN DELAWARE
COUNTY.
MORE WATER HAS BEEN REPORTED GOING OVER THE BERM ALONGSIDE THE
DAM…AND THE COMPLETE EROSION OF THE BERM IS ONGOING.
MORE INFORMATION IS FORTHCOMING…BUT WORST CASE SCENARIO…
IN HOPKINTON THE FLOODING MAY AFFECT MUCH OF THE TOWN FROM THE RIVER
UP TO 3RD STREET OR HIGHWAY 38…AND SHOULD CREST AROUND 1130 AM.
IN MONTICELLO…A WORST CASE SCENARIO WOULD BE FOR FLOOD WATERS TO
AFFECT THE TOWN FROM THE RIVER UP TO HIGHWAY 38…AND SHOULD CREST
AROUND 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO
AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY
DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL
ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED
ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE…TURN AROUND…DONT DROWN.
&&
LAT…LON 4246 9119 4229 9114 4221 9089 4207 9090
4214 9118 4242 9141
$$
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