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ILC067-071-109-187-131400-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

730 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002



 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...



* HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 900 AM CDT



AT 720 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAD EXITED THE WARNED 

AREA.  HOWEVER...SPOTTERS AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT 

FLOODING PROBLEMS CONTINUE AND WILL HAMPER THE MORNING COMMUTE. 

ROUTE 116 SOUTH OF MEDIA IN HENDERSON COUNTY WAS REPORTED FLOODED 

AND CLOSED. ALSO...MANY ROADS IN THE LA HARPE AREA OF HANCOCK COUNTY 

WERE REPORTED BY A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER TO BE WATER COVERED AND 

CLOSED.  NUMEROUS COUNTRY AND BACKROADS WERE REPORTED WASHED OUT OR 

STILL WATER COVERED IN ALL THE WARNED COUNTIES.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A SWATH OF 2 

TO 4.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN FROM OQUAWKA...TO BUSHNELL  

WEDNESDAY EVENING AND THURSDAY MORNING. 



THURSDAY MORNING MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE 

WATER STILL COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE BARRICADES.



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