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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1117 AM CDT FRI AUG 28 2009

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAIN IMPACTED EASTERN IOWA...NORTHWESTERN
ILLINOIS...AND NORTHEASTERN MISSOURI OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS. HIGH
PRECIPITABLE WATERS AND CONVECTIVE ENHANCEMENT PRODUCED EXTREME
RAINFALL RATES. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVING NATURE OF THE SYSTEM FINAL
RAINFALL TOTALS APPROACHED ONE FOOT IN SOME AREAS. AN ALREADY
SATURATED GROUND MEANT MUCH OF THIS WATER WAS CONVERTED TO
RUNOFF...RESULTING IN FLASH FLOODING. THIS WATER CONTINUES INTO
THE RIVER SYSTEMS OF EASTERN IOWA. FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED
ON THE CEDAR AND IOWA RIVERS...AS WELL AS THE WAPSIPINICON...
SKUNK...ENGLISH AND MAQUOKETA RIVERS.

...72 HOUR RAINFALL TOTALS THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING...

      LOCATION         STATE       RAINFALL TOTAL
-------------------- --------    ------------------

CENTRAL CITY            IA              9.07
PALO BLAIRS FERRY RD    IA              8.64
CEDAR RAPIDS 3.4 NW     IA              7.69
MARION 1.2 NE           IA              7.39
CEDAR RAPIDS 2.1 ENE    IA              7.17
CEDAR RAPIDS ARPT*      IA              7.15
SOLON 0.3 ESE           IA              6.94
CEDAR RAPIDS            IA              6.94
BRIGHTON                IA              6.85
ANAMOSA                 IA              6.38
NEW LONDON 1.5 SW       IA              6.37
CLINTON 0.9 WSW         IA              6.07
CALAMUS 2.0 NE          IA              6.04
ELY 0.5 SE              IA              6.01
SIGOURNEY               IA              5.99
NORWAY 0.4 W            IA              5.63
WASHINGTON              IA              5.60
CENTRAL CITY            IA              5.58
LOWDEN                  IA              5.49
DE WITT                 IA              5.37
COGGON                  IA              5.10
WALFORD                 IA              4.97
WILLIAMSBURG            IA              4.93
LADORA                  IA              4.85
CAMANCHE 1.2 W          IA              4.67
GERMAN VALLEY 0.5 W     IL              4.41
NORTH ENGLISH           IA              4.40
BELLE PLAINE            IA              4.38
MARENGO                 IA              4.32
MONMOUTH 0.3 N          IA              4.24
LONE TREE               IA              4.06
COLUMBUS JCT            IA              4.06
CORALVILLE DAM          IA              4.04
WAPELLO                 IA              3.94
IOWA CITY NE            IA              3.91
LE CLAIRE 1.8 NNE       IA              3.82
DAVENPORT 110TH AVE     IA              3.79
CORALVILLE N            IA              3.79
BURLINGTON 2.1 N        IA              3.78
OXFORD                  IA              3.73
JOSLIN                  IL              3.69
AINSWORTH 7.4 N         IA              3.68
CONESVILLE              IA              3.64
PARK VIEW 0.2 WSW       IA              3.61
MORRISON 3.2 E          IL              3.57
VINTON                  IA              3.57
MUSCATINE               IA              3.53
WAPELLO                 IA              3.49
CLINTON                 IA              3.47
COLETA 1.4 SSW          IL              3.45
KALONA                  IA              3.45
BETTENDORF 1.5 NW       IA              3.37
PARNELL                 IA              3.32
CORALVILLE SW           IA              3.27
DAVENPORT ARPT*         IA              3.25
FAIRPORT                IA              3.24
MAQUOKETA               IA              3.21
CHADWICK 2.7 WSW        IL              3.19
ELIZABETH               IL              3.17
MOLINE 0.9 N            IL              3.06
DONNELLSON              IA              3.06
FREEPORT                IL              3.03
BURLINGTON ARPT*        IA              2.99
IOWA CITY ARPT*         IA              2.86
DUBUQUE ARPT*           IA              2.55
QUAD CITY ARPT*         IL              2.49

* DENOTES OFFICIAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OBSERVATION

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