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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

227 AM CDT THU AUG 23 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR SCOTLAND AND 

CLARK COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI...MCDONOUGH AND HANCOCK 

COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA. 



AT 225 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...BUT FLASH FLOODING 

WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR.  RADAR ESTIMATES A BAND OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF 

RAIN FROM NEAR MEMPHIS...TO KEOKUK...TO CARTHAGE...TO AUGUSTA.  AN 

OSERVER IN AUGUSTS REPORTED 6.23 INCHES OF RAIN JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS 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.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA BE AWARE OF FLOOD PRONE AREAS. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE 

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS 

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY 

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS, ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK 

HIGHER GROUND.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...

THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST

OFFICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.



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