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ILC011-073-155-051930-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTION TO 4TH BULLET ITEM

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1036 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 230 PM CDT



* AT 1036 AM CDT...THE HENRY COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED 

FLASH FLOODING IN SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY. THE EDWARDS RIVER BRIDGE AT 

THE ANDOVER-WOODHULL BLACKTOP WAS NEARLY IMPASSABLE. ALSO...WATER 

WAS ON U.S. ROUTE 150 AT OPHIEM. ALSO...TWO FEET WAS ON A COUNTY 

ROAD NEAR ANDOVER. FINALLY...COUNTY ROAD 600E AT EDWARDS RIVER ROAD 

WAS CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING IS ALSO 

POSSIBLE OVER BUREAU AND PUTNAM COUNTIES AS WELL.



* SOME TOWNS AFFECTED INCLUDE...GALVA...HENNEPIN...KEWANEE...AND   

WOODHULL. THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE WARNED AREA IS OF MOST CONCERN.



* THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL...  

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...LEADING TO  

THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH 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 FLASH FLOODING.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT 

FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA BE 

AWARE OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND 

CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND 

PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS 

OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, 

ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND.



PLEASE GIVE YOUR REPORTS OF FLOODING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT...FOR RELAY 

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.



LAT...LON 4116 9044 4112 8916 4144 8918 4145 9043



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