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ILC071-187-120800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1105 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 300 AM CDT



* AT 1100 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A SECONDARY ROAD 

SOUTH OF OLENA IN THE VICINITY OF HONEY CREEK UNDER WATER. NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 

PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING UP OUT OF NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND 

SOUTHWEST IOWA TOWARD THE WARNED AREA. THESE ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL 

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



PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG HONEY AND SWAN CREEKS WILL WANT TO 

MONITOR THEM FOR RISING WATER.



* 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.



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

FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.



LAT...LON 4105 9049 4068 9049 4068 9102 4105 9089



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