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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

445 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 443 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN SOUTHEAST HENDERSON 

COUNTY...SOUTHWEST WARREN COUNTY...AND NORTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN 

WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAD 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. 



LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT AN UNDERPASS ALONG HIGHWAY 94

IN STRONGHURST WAS SUBMERGED IN WATER. 



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

AND HAVE MOVED INTO SOUTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY.



THE WARNING MAY BE CANCELLED EARLY FOR HENDERSON AND WARREN COUNTIES

ONCE THE WATER SUBSIDES...AND THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN

HAS ENDED. 



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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