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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

518 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 600 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 A 

FEW STORMS LINGERED OVER HENRY...BUREAU...AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN 

NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS.  RAINFALL REPORTS RANGED FROM MANY LOCATIONS 

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

STRONGEST STORMS TRACKED.  THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF THIS AREA 

IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS MAY AFFECT THE WARNED 

AREA OVERNIGHT.



SOME SPECIFIC INFORMATION...



IN BUCHANAN COUNTY...A FEW ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO ROADBED 

WASHOUTS...WITH WATER OFF ALL ROADS.  THERE IS STILL SOME FLOODING 

IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY ASSOCIATED WITH BUFFALO AND PINE 

CREEK.  



IN DELAWARE COUNTY...SOME GRAVEL ROADS STILL HAVE WATER OVER THEM.  

BOTH BRIDGES OVER THE MAQUOKETA HAVE WATER OVER THEM...AND IN 

MANCHESTER SANDBAGS ARE BEING PLACED ON SEWER LIDS.  ALL OTHER 

CREEKS AND STREAMS RECEDING.  



IN DUBUQUE COUNTY...MOST ROAD CLOSURE DUE TO WASHED OUT ROADS.  ONLY 

A FEW ROADS STILL HAVE WATER ON THEM.  WATER HAS RECEDED IN MANY 

LOCATIONS.



IN CEDAR COUNTY...A FEW GRAVEL ROADS STILL CLOSED IN THE NORTHERN 

PART OF THE COUNTY WITH WATER ON THEM.  OTHERWISE...WATER HAS 

RECEDED IN MANY LOCATIONS.



IN STEPHENSON COUNTY...ROUTE 20 WAS RE-OPENED EAST OF FREEPORT.  IN 

THE PEAL CITY AREA...BUSCH ROAD WATER HAS RECEDED BUT HAS 

WASH-OUTS.  LOREN ROAD IS STILL CLOSED AND WATER COVERED...BUT 

RECEDING.  



IN WHITESIDE COUNTY...ROUTE 30 EAST OF MORRISON STILL CLOSED...BUT 

WATER IS OFF OF THE ROAD.  OTTER CREEK AND JOHNSON STILL AT 

BANKFULL.  SANDBAGGING IS STILL ONGOING IN AND SOUTH OF MORRISON. 

SPRING VALLEY ROAD STILL CLOSED SOUTH OF MORRISON.



IN MERCER COUNTY...NO ROADS CLOSED WITH FLOODING PROBLEMS.  WATER IN 

FIELDS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES RECEDING.



IN BUREAU COUNTY...ROUTE 26 NORTH OF PRINCETON STILL HAS WATER OVER 

THE ROAD BUT IS NO LONGER CLOSED.  SOME SECONDARY ROADS STILL HAD 

SOME WATER PROBLEMS...BUT WERE IMPROVING. 



MANY WATER PROBLEMS ACROSS THE REGION ARE IMPROVING...AND SHOULD 

CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.  REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND 

KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR FLOODING PROBLEMS.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IN 

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 FLOOD WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



LAT...LON 4247 8942 4223 8943 4224 8971 4158 8969

          4156 8920 4113 8918 4116 8962 4125 8963

          4125 8986 4117 8990 4118 9044 4108 9046

          4109 9093 4123 9105 4134 9105 4137 9134

          4186 9134 4187 9181 4232 9182 4232 9205

          4263 9208 4265 9081 4250 9066



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