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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

433 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 730 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR PEOPLE IN THE 

FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

     WASHINGTON...LOUISA AND KEOKUK



IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

     MERCER



AT 430 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 

RAIN WAS DIMINISHING IN INTENSITY FOR THE TIME BEING. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM SOUTH OF 

HAYESVILLE TO WASHINGTON...COLUMBUS JUNCTION...AND ALEDO. ADDITIONAL

THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING FROM SOUTH OF NEWTON TO OSKALOOSA.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EAST BACK INTO MUCH OF THE ADVISORY AREA THROUGH

SUNRISE. WITH THE GROUND ALREADY BEING SATURATED...ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...LEADING TO 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 4136 9232 4124 9215 4110 9103 4130 9052



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