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WGUS53 KDVN 241300
FFWDVN
IAC177-241900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
800 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...
  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF KEOSAUQUA AND THE DES MOINES RIVER...

* UNTIL 200 PM CDT FRIDAY

* AT 700 AM CDT...THE DES MOINES RIVER AT KEOSQUAUA WAS AT 27.4 FEET 
  AND RISING RAPIDLY. FLOOD STAGE IS 22.0 FT. THE RIVER IS FORECAST 
  TO CREST AROUND 28.6 FEET EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS CREST WILL BE 
  THE SECOND HIGHEST CREST ON RECORD...SECOND ONLY TO THE CREST IN 
  1993.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
  DOUDS/LEANDO AND BENTONSPORT/VERNON

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION! WATER ON THE DES MOINES RIVER WILL 
CONTINUE RISING RAPILY. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON THE DES MOINES 
RIVER IN THE KEOSQUAUA AREA. AT 28 FEET FLOODING OCCURS IN KEOSQUAUA 
AS WELL AS ON AREAS OF IOWA HIGHWAY 1 IN THE KEOSQUAUA AREA.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.

LAT...LON 4082 9217 4069 9198 4060 9172 4074 9173
      4088 9209

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