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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

205 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE 



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI

  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT



* AT 205 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WIDESPREAD FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE WARNED COUNTIES.  MANY SECONDARY ROADS HAVE BEEN 

REPORTED TO BE WATER COVERED AND MANY WERE CLOSED.  SOME COMMUNITIES 

HAD ALSO REPORTED WATER IN BASEMENTS.  



* 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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM CONTINUED HEAVY RAIN WILL ONLY CAUSE 

ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY 

ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION.  MANY FLASH FLOOD FATALITIES OCCUR IN 

AUTOMOBILES.  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. ONE VEHICLE RESCUE HAS ALREADY TAKEN PLACE OVERNIGHT IN 

SOUTHEAST MCDONOUGH COUNTY ILLINOIS.  TRAVEL IN THE WARNING 

AREA...ESPECIALLY IN RURAL AREAS...IS NOT RECOMMENDED THIS MORNING.  

IF YOU DO TRAVEL...AND ENCOUNTER WATER COVERED ROADWAYS...TURN 

AROUND. 



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