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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA

609 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



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

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CST SATURDAY

EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

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



IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

     SCOTLAND AND CLARK



IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

     MCDONOUGH...HANCOCK...WARREN AND HENDERSON



IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA

     CLINTON...MUSCATINE...SCOTT AND CEDAR



IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

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

     PUTNAM



AT 555 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

HEAVIEST RAIN WAS SHIFTING EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...MAINLY 

ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FREEPORT TO GENESEO TO MACOMB. 

ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE 

AREAS OVER THE NEXT HOUR BEFORE DIMINISHING. FURTHER WEST...MAINLY 

PATCHY RAIN AND DRIZZLE CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 9 PM...WITH 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL SPOTTY AND GENERALLY LIGHT.



THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER PRODUCED NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STANDING WATER ON

ROADS...AND IN LOW LYING AREAS...ALONG WITH RISES ON CREEKS...STREAMS

AND SMALLER RIVERS.



EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL FLOODING AND HEAVY RAIN HAS

DIMINISHED...CREEKS...SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN SWOLLEN

FOR A WHILE LONGER THIS EVENING. ALSO...MANY ROADS WILL REMAIN

COVERED WITH WATER IN SPOTS. MOTORISTS ARE URGED TO DRIVE WITH

CAUTION.





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