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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA

240 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND 

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CST SATURDAY 

AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

     LEE...HENRY...JEFFERSON...VAN BUREN AND DES MOINES



IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

     SCOTLAND AND CLARK



IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

     MCDONOUGH...HANCOCK...WARREN AND HENDERSON



AT 229 PM CST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 

INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR TODAY. CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF/S OFFICE REPORTED 

THAT WATER WAS COVERING PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 81 NORTH OF KAHOKA. 

OTHER REPORTS OF WATER STANDING ON ROADWAYS WERE RECEIVED FROM 

HENDERSON COUNTY...AND JEFFERSON COUNTY.   



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY DIMINISHED IN 

INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO LOCALLY 

HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN MISSOURI WILL MOVE BACK IN OVER MUCH OF THE 

AREA WITHIN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH 

CAN BE EXPECTED WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS. WITH THE GROUND STILL 

FROZEN...MUCH OF THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RUN OFF...QUICKLY FILLING 

DITCHES...STREAMS...CREEKS...AND SMALLER RIVERS. STORM DRAINS MAY 

ALSO BECOME CLOGGED...WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED URBAN FLOODING.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS 

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. 

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4100 9047 4027 9049 4029 9218 4106 9209



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