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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

230 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 715 AM CDT FOR HENDERSON... 

WARREN...AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



AT 215 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHEAST HENDERSON COUNTY...SOUTHWEST WARREN 

COUNTY...AND NORTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.



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 RARITAN...MEDIA... 

DECORRA...TERR HAUTE...SWAN CREEK...YOUNGSTOWN...WALNUT GROVE...GOOD 

HOPE...SCOTIA...AND BLANDINSVILLE. THE DISCO AREA IN HANCOCK COUNTY 

HAS ALSO HAD 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN.



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG ROUTE 34 IN HENDERSON 

COUNTY.



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED IN THE AREA THAT HAD THE HEAVIEST RAINS... 

AND HAVE MOVED SOUTH INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY.



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.



LAT...LON 4089 9053 4041 9056 4041 9086 4085 9090



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