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WGUS53 KDVN 111903

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ILC067-109-120000-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

201 PM CDT TUE JUN 11 2002



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 700 PM CDT



* AT 201 PM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING   

  OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH FLASH FLOODING ALREADY OCCURRING IN TOWN.



* SPOTTERS REPORTED 2 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE NOON IN MACOMB.  THIS 

  RAINFALL HAS RESULTED IN WATER UP TO THE FENDERS OF SMALL CARS 

  IN MACOMB AND WATER RUNNING DOWN SOME STREETS. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND

UNDERPASSES...AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



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 4063 9048 4025 9044 4023 9132 4062 9134

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