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ILC071-109-187-031215-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

113 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 715 AM CDT



* AT 120 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER THE      

  WARNED AREA.



* THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER

  PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...LEADING TO VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES

  AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST HENDERSON COUNTY...SOUTHWEST 

WARREN COUNTY...AND NORTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY OVER THE PAST 3 HOURS. 

THIS RAIN IS FALLING ON GROUND ALREADY SATURATED BY RAINFALL LAST 

EVENING. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN IN THE HONEY CREEK AND ELLISON CREEK 

AREAS OF HENDERSON COUNTY...IN THE SWAN CREEK AREA OF WARREN 

COUNTY...AND IN THE HEADWATERS OF THE LA MOINE BASIN IN MCDONOUGH 

COUNTY.  SOME COMMUNITIES AFFECTED INCLUDE STRONGHURST...RARITAN... 

OLENA...AND MEDIA.



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.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4099 9052 4036 9056 4068 9089 4098 9089



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