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ILC109-1201030-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1135 PM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 530 AM CDT



* AT 1130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MCDONOUGH COUNTY SINCE

  LATE AFTERNOON. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS  

  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER HANCOCK COUNTY AND 

  NORTHEAST MISSOURI...HEADED TOWARD THE MCDONOUGH COUNTY. THESE 

  ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL AGGRAVATE ANY 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.



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

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



LAT...LON 4059 9051 4032 9052 4034 9086 4061 9084



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