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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

655 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 645 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF THE 

WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN MEMPHIS MISSOURI AND MACOMB 

ILLINOIS.  MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE 

ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH 10 AM.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR INDICATED 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE 

WARNING AREA...ESPECIALLY OVER HANCOCK COUNTY ILLINOIS.  GROUND 

REPORTS INDICATE THAT THESE RADAR ESTIMATIONS ARE REASONABLE.  



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

COUNTY ILLINOIS...AND WARREN COUNTY ILLINOIS...BUT DUE TO ANOTHER 

ROUND OF EXPECTED SHOWERS AND STORMS...REPORTS OF SWOLLEN CREEKS AND 

WATER COVERED ROADS STILL RECOVERING...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL 

REMAIN IN EFFECT AT THIS TIME.  



AN ADDITIONAL .25 TO .50 INCHES OF RAIN MAY RESULT FROM THE SHOWERS 

AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IN THIS MORNING FROM SOUTH CENTRAL IOWA AND 

PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL MISSOURI.  BECAUSE WATER LEVELS ARE SO HIGH 

WITH SOME MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING STILL OCCURRING...ANY 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOOD PROBLEMS IN A 

VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.  



LATEST REPORTS INDICATE SOME IMPROVEMENT AS WATERS HAVE BEGUN TO 

SLOWLY RECEDE IN MOST PLACES.  HOWEVER...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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NICHOLS

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