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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

541 AM CDT FRI AUG 3 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CANCELED FOR HENDERSON...WARREN...AND MCDONOUGH

COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



AT 540 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING...HAVE MOVED

WELL SOUTH OF THE AREA. AS A RESULT...THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.



EARLIER THIS MORNING...COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER OF 3 TO 

4 INCHES COVERING MANY AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 34. AN UNDERPASS ALONG 

HIGHWAY 94 IN STRONGHURST WAS ALSO SUBMERGED IN WATER FOR A WHILE. 



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN 

SOUTHEAST HENDERSON COUNTY...SOUTHWEST WARREN COUNTY...AND NORTHERN 

MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...WITH THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS FALLING EARLIER 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. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAINS HAVE SUBSIDED...MOTORISTS SHOULD CONTINUE TO USE 

CAUTION WHILE DRIVING IN AREAS WHICH RECEIVED THE HEAVY RAIN

OVERNIGHT.  



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



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