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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA

335 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CST SATURDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

     PUTNAM AND BUREAU



IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

     CLINTON...MUSCATINE...SCOTT AND CEDAR



IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

     HENRY...ROCK ISLAND...WHITESIDE...CARROLL AND MERCER



IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

     LOUISA



AT 330 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE AREA...WITH BETWEEN 0.75 AND 

1.5 INCHES OF RAIN SO FAR TODAY. WITH THE GROUND STILL FROZEN...MUCH 

OF THIS RAIN HAS RUN OFF...QUICKLY FILLING DITCHES...STREAMS...CREEKS

AND SMALLER RIVERS. STANDING WATER HAS BEEN OBSERVED ON SOME ROADS 

AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. ALSO...DUCK CREEK WAS EXPERIENCING SOME 

MINOR FLOODING. DUCK CREEK PARK WAS COVERED BY WATER NEAR THE 

FAIRMOUNT STREET BRIDGE. ALSO...THE BIKE PATH ALONG DUCK CREEK NEAR 

BRADY STREET WAS UNDER WATER. 



DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE RAIN HAS TEMPORARILY DIMINISHED IN 

INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. HOWEVER...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER 

NORTHERN MISSOURI AND SOUTHEAST IOWA WILL MOVE BACK OVER MUCH OF THE 

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

CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS POSSIBLE.

THIS RAIN WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE SITUATION RESULTING IN FURTHER 

PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS...AND ADDITIONAL RISES ON CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...INCLUDING DUCK CREEK. 



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

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 4193 9127 4123 9145 4121 8911 4202 8981



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