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WGUS53 KDVN 120324

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ILC067-120830-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1022 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 330 AM CDT



* AT 1012 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED SOME SECONDARY 

ROADS IN THE COUNTY ALREADY WATER COVERED. HIGHWAY 9 EAST OF LA 

HARPE WAS ALSO EXPERIENCING WATER OVER THE ROADWAY. THUNDERSTORMS   

PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE CURRENTLY MOVING OVER THE WARNED 

AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS HEADED TOWARD THE 

WARNED AREA OUT OF MISSOURI. THESE ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL AGGRAVATE 

ONGOING FLOODING SITUATIONS...OR EVEN CREATE NEW ONES.



* THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL...

  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF...LEADING

  THE LIKELIHOOD OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. THE WATER MAY

BE TOO DEEP TO CROSS SAFELY OR THE ROAD COULD BE WASHED OUT. VEHICLES

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



LAT...LON 4060 9096 4022 9096 4022 9146 4060 9127



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