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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

233 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE

IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

     HENRY...JEFFERSON AND DES MOINES



IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

     WARREN AND HENDERSON



AT 233 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY

RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE ADVISORY AREA...WITH DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 90 

MINUTES.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER PORTIONS

OF THE ADVISORY AREA...LEADING TO VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND THE

LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR FLOODING IN THE ADVISORY AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS

AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS

AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW

LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO 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 4103 9050 4089 9058 4096 9215 4111 9214



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