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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

240 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 6 PM CDT FOR DUBUQUE COUNTY 

IN NORTHEAST IOWA...DELAWARE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...BUCHANAN 

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST IOWA...JACKSON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL 

IOWA...JONES COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...LINN COUNTY IN EAST 

CENTRAL IOWA...CLINTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...CEDAR COUNTY IN 

EAST CENTRAL IOWA...SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...MUSCATINE 

COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL IOWA...JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST 

ILLINOIS...STEPHENSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...CARROLL COUNTY 

IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...WHITESIDE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...ROCK

ISLAND COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...BUREAU COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL 

ILLINOIS...HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...MERCER COUNTY IN 

NORTHWEST ILLINOIS AND PUTNAM COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...THOUGH 

THEY STILL AFFECTED MANY LOCATIONS EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND 

SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 88.  RAINFALL REPORTS RANGED FROM MANY LOCATIONS 

RECEIVEING 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN...TO AS HIGH AS 8 INCHES WHERE THE 

STRONGEST STORMS TRACKED.  MORE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THESE AREAS 

IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.



SOME SPECIFIC INFORMATION...



IN HENRY COUNTY...MANY PORTIONS OF ROUTE 6 ARE UNDER WATER.  WATER 

IS OVER MANY CITY STREETS IN ATKINSON.  SEVERAL SMALL CREEKS IN 

NORTHERN HENRY COUNTY WERE OUT OF THEIR BANKS.  MILL CREEK IS OUT OF 

ITS BANKS IN KEWANEE.



IN CLINTON COUNTY...IN DEWITT...SILVER CREEK HAD FLOODED THE PARK TO 

8 FEET DEEP IN PLACES.  SOME HOMES AND BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN 

EVACUATED.



IN JONES COUNTY...BETWEEN 8 PM MONDAY EVENING AND 1 PM THIS 

AFTERNOON...6.48 INCHES OF RAIN WERE RECEIVED IN OXFORD JUNCTION.



IN LINN COUNTY...A PORTION OF 151 BETWEEN ROUTE 13 AND HIGHWAY 1 IS 

CLOSED TO EAST BOUND TRAFFIC.  THE BRIDGE WEST OF SPRINGVILLE WAS 

FLOODED AND A PORTION OF THE BRIDGE APPROACH HAS BEEN WASHED OUT.

MAIN STREET BRIDGE IN ROBINS IS CLOSED.  SEVERAL COUNTY BRIDGES 

ALONG THE WAPSIPINICON RIVER HAVE BEEN CLOSED.  THE WINSLOW AND 

AUSTIN ROADS ALONG INDIAN CREEK HAVE BEEN CLOSED.



IN JACKSON COUNTY...THE WATER LEVELS IN AREA CREEKS ARE BEGINNING TO 

DROP.  THE MONMOUTH POST OFFICE AND CITY HALL WERE MOVED DUE TO 

WATER SURROUNDING THE BUILDING.



IN DUBUQUE COUNTY...A TRAILER PARK HAD TO BE EVACUATED DUE TO 

FLOODING.  OTHER FLOODING PROBLEMS ARE BEGINNING TO SUBSIDE.



IN OTHER COUNTIES IN THE WARNED AREA NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED 

DUE TO FLOODING PROBLEMS...THOUGH SOME CREEK AND STREAM LEVELS ARE 

BEGINNING TO FALL.  HOMES AND BUSINESSES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED DUE TO 

FLOODING.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION...KEEP AN EYE ON LOCAL CREEKS... 

STREAMS...DRAINAGE DITCHES...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.  BE PREPARED 

TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOUR LOCATION IS THREATENED BY FLOOD 

WATERS.



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. VEHICLES

CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



LAT...LON 4248 8943 4222 8942 4219 8973 4157 8967

          4157 8920 4117 8920 4118 9044 4109 9047

          4108 9092 4137 9106 4136 9135 4189 9138

          4190 9183 4232 9185 4233 9207 4263 9208

          4264 9084 4250 9066



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