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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

426 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR 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...CLARK COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI AND SCOTLAND COUNTY IN 

NORTHEAST MISSOURI...



AT 426 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUED TO FALL OVER PARTS THE WARNED 

AREA...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN MEMPHIS MISSOURI AND MACOMB ILLINOIS.  

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER 

HANCOCK COUNTY ILLINOIS.  GROUND REPORTS INDICATE THAT THE RADAR 

ESTIMATIONS ARE REASONABLE.  



RAIN HAS BECOME LIGHT OVER PARTS OF LEE COUNTY IOWA...HENDERSON 

COUNTY ILLINOIS...AND WARREN COUNTY ILLINOIS...BUT DUE TO REPORTS OF 

SWOLLEN CREEKS AND WATER COVERED ROADS STILL RECOVERING...THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME.  



NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI 

MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS AND RAINFALL TO THE WARNING 

AREA LATER THIS MORNING.  ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO 

ADDITIONAL FLOOD PROBLEMS IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  



THIS CONTINUES TO BE A SERIOUS SITUATION.  MANY FLASH FLOOD 

FATALITIES OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO 

WATER COVERED ROADWAYS. TRAVEL IN THE WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY IN 

RURAL AREAS...SHOULD ONLY BE DONE WITH EXTREME CAUTION.  IF YOU MUST 

TRAVEL THIS MORNING...AND ENCOUNTER WATER COVERED ROADWAYS...TURN 

AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.  



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