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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1124 AM CDT THU MAY 17 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS

SOUTH OF A NORTH ENGLISH IOWA TO GALVA ILLINOIS LINE...



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE FOLLOWING

COUNTIES...

IN IOWA...IOWA...JOHNSON...CEDAR...MUSCATINE...CLINTON...SCOTT.

IN ILLINOIS...WHITESIDE...ROCK ISLAND...HENRY...BUREAU...AND PUTNAM.



THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON FOR AREAS

SOUTH OF A NORTH ENGLISH IOWA TO GALVA ILLINOIS LINE.



SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH ARE...SIGOURNEY...WASHINGTON...FAIRFIELD...

MT PLEASANT...KEOSAUQUA...FORT MADISON...BURLINGTON...MEMPHIS...

KAHOKA...OQUAWKA...MONMOUTH...CARTHAGE...AND MACOMB.



A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHEAST IOWA AND WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

...WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS

THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY

RAINFALL IN AREAS THAT RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL LAST NIGHT AND EARLIER

THIS WEEK. THIS COULD BRING STREAMS OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN SOME

AREAS.



PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY FOR HEAVY

RAINFALL, AVOID LOW LYING AREAS, AND BE CAREFUL WHEN APPROACHING

HIGHWAY DIPS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER

COVERS THE ROADWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE

ABANDONED QUICKLY.



REA/SCHULTZ

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