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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1140 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN 

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

     HENDERSON



IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

     MERCER



HEAVY RAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT HAS PUSHED AREA STREAMS IN THE ADVISORY 

TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL...WITH ADDITIONAL RISES EXPECTED. THE 

EDWARDS RIVER...POPE CREEK...AND HENDERSON CREEK WERE AT OR NEAR 

BANKFULL IN MANY AREAS.



AS OF 11 AM...THE EDWARDS RIVER NEAR ORION WAS 14.1 FT AND WAS 

RISING SLOWLY. AROUND MIDNIGHT THE RIVER LEVEL THERE WAS 3.1 

FT. NEAR NEW BOSTON...THE EDWARDS RIVER WAS AROUND 20.4 FT AND WAS 

RISING. BANKFULL IS 17 FT. AROUND MIDNIGHT THE RIVER LEVEL THERE WAS 

17.3 FT.



POPE CREEK NEAR KEITHSBURG WAS NEAR 25.9 FT AND WAS RISING. BANKFULL 

IS 24 FT. AROUND MIDNIGHT...THE READING THERE WAS 22.2 FT.



HENDERSON CREEK NEAR OQUAWKA WAS AROUND 22.5 FT AND WAS RISING 

RAPIDLY. BANKFULL IS 21.5 FT. AROUND MIDNIGHT...THE READING THERE 

WAS 18.2 FT.



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WAS TAPERING OFF...AREA STREAMS...INCLUDING THE 

EDWARDS RIVER AND POPE CREEK...WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODING NEAR AREA CREEKS AND 

STREAMS...AND FOR WATER ON ROADS NEAR THESE RIVERS.



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

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.



LAT...LON 4108 9093 4089 9096 4065 9115 4065 9081

          4109 9081 4108 9046 4132 9045 4133 9107



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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY...CORRECTION TO NEXT TO LAST PARAGRAPH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1140 AM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM FLOOD 

ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 7 PM CDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN 

THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES



IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

     HENDERSON



IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

     MERCER



HEAVY RAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT HAS PUSHED AREA STREAMS IN THE ADVISORY 

TO NEAR OR ABOVE BANKFULL...WITH ADDITIONAL RISES EXPECTED. THE 

EDWARDS RIVER...POPE CREEK...AND HENDERSON CREEK WERE AT OR NEAR 

BANKFULL IN MANY AREAS.



AS OF 11 AM...THE EDWARDS RIVER NEAR ORION WAS 14.1 FT AND WAS 

RISING SLOWLY. AROUND MIDNIGHT THE RIVER LEVEL THERE WAS 3.1 

FT. NEAR NEW BOSTON...THE EDWARDS RIVER WAS AROUND 20.4 FT AND WAS 

RISING. BANKFULL IS 17 FT. AROUND MIDNIGHT THE RIVER LEVEL THERE WAS 

17.3 FT.



POPE CREEK NEAR KEITHSBURG WAS NEAR 25.9 FT AND WAS RISING. BANKFULL 

IS 24 FT. AROUND MIDNIGHT...THE READING THERE WAS 22.2 FT.



HENDERSON CREEK NEAR OQUAWKA WAS AROUND 22.5 FT AND WAS RISING 

RAPIDLY. BANKFULL IS 21.5 FT. AROUND MIDNIGHT...THE READING THERE 

WAS 18.2 FT.



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WAS TAPERING OFF...AREA STREAMS WILL REMAIN HIGH 

FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR FLOODING NEAR AREA 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND FOR WATER ON ROADS NEAR THESE RIVERS.



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

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.



LAT...LON 4108 9093 4089 9096 4065 9115 4065 9081

          4109 9081 4108 9046 4132 9045 4133 9107



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