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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

541 PM CDT THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM 

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR 

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

     SOUTHERN HANCOCK



AT 541 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES HEAVY 

RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE ADVISORY AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 

THAT UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST 3 HOURS 

BETWEEN WARSAW AND BASCO. STREAMS IN SOUTHERN HANCOCK COUNTY...SUCH 

AS LOWER BEAR CREEK...MAY EXPERIENCE SOME FLOODING THIS EVENING.



THUNDERSTORMS NEAR STATIONARY OVER PORTIONS OF THE ADVISORY 

AREA...LEADING TO VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF 

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.



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

TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.



LAT...LON 4048 9091 4022 9096 4025 9150 4043 9136



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