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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

605 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 600 PM CDT HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE 

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...



HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF MUCH OF THE 

WARNED AREA...THOUGH A FEW SHOWERS WERE STILL LINGERING OVER BUREAU 

AND PUTNAM COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS. THESE LIGHTER SHOWERS 

WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT PORTIONS OF BUREAU AND PUTNAM COUNTIES UNTIL 

730 PM...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO ADD MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL 

TO THOSE AREAS. RAINFALL REPORTS FROM LAST NIGHT THROUGH TODAY... 

RANGED FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN FOR MANY LOCATIONS...TO AS HIGH AS 

9 INCHES WHERE THE STRONGEST STORMS TRACKED AND TRAINED OVER THE 

SAME AREAS. 



ALTHOUGH THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM 

CDT...PEOPLE IN THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA ARE STILL URGED TO USE 

CAUTION AS MANY ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED OR WASHED OUT. ROADS ADJACENT 

TO RAIN SWOLLEN CREEKS AND RIVERS MAY STILL HAVE WATER OVER THEM FOR 

SOME TIME...AND PEOPLE ARE URGED TO AVOID THESE ROADS OVERNIGHT.





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

CONTINUE TO IMPROVE OVERNIGHT.  REMAIN CAUTIOUS AND KEEP AN EYE 

OUT FOR FLOODING PROBLEMS.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IN YOUR LOCATION 

IS THREATENED BY LINGERING FLOOD WATERS.



WITH NIGHTTIME BEGINNING TO FALL ACROSS THE AREA...MOTORISTS ARE 

REMINDED TO NOT DRIVE THEIR 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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