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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1110 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR HENRY...BUREAU...AND PUTNAM COUNTIES OF 

ILLINOIS UNTIL 230 PM...

...URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE SAME COUNTIES UNTIL 

4 PM...



AT 1100 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER THE ENTIRE WARNED AREA. 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS AREAS OF BUREAU COUNTY...MAINLY 

SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 80. RAIN AMOUNTS AS HIGH AS 1 TO 1.5 INCHES PER 

HOUR HAVE OCCURRED IN THE WARNED AREA...IN ADDITION TO THE 3 TO 4 

INCHES WHICH FELL IN SOME OF THE SAME AREAS EARLIER TODAY.



THE HENRY COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING 

CONTINUING IN SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND NEAR THE 

EDWARDS RIVER. 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 OF WATER WAS ON A COUNTY ROAD NEAR 

ANDOVER. COUNTY ROAD 600 E AT EDWARDS RIVER ROAD WAS CLOSED DUE TO 

HIGH WATER. 



FLOODING IS ALSO LIKELY IN BUREAU AND PUTNAM COUNTIES AS WELL.



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.



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