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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1157 PM CDT MON JUN 3 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 415 AM CDT FOR WHITESIDE 

COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...



AT 1157 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL HAS 

ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...BUT FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES TO 

OCCUR.  AT 11 PM...THE WHITESIDE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED 

THAT A TRAIN BRIDGE AT LYNDON ROAD...ABOUT 3 MILES EAST OF MORRISON 

ILLINOIS...HAD BUCKLED DUE TO HIGH WATER.  



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 



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.  IF YOU 

APPROACH WATER COVERED ROADS...TURN AROUND AND FIND A SAFE ROUTE.   



LAT...LON 4189 8970 4163 8968 4162 9009 4188 9010



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