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WGUS53 KDVN 131410

FFSMLI

ILC067-071-109-187-131420-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

910 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR...HENDERSON...WARREN...HANCOCK...

AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 

900 AM CDT...



AT 905 AM...VARIOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS 

INDICATED THAT THE FLOODING TROUBLE WAS RECEDING AND THAT MORE AND 

MORE ROADS WERE REOPENING...THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 AM. HOWEVER...SOME NUISANCE FLOODING AND 

PONDING OF WATER OVER AND NEAR ROADWAYS WILL STILL AFFECT THE 

PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA THROUGH MIDDAY.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT WIDELY 

SCATTERED SHOWERS...AND POSSIBLY EVEN A FEW ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST AND OVER THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA THROUGH 

MIDDAY...BUT ARE NOT EXPECTED TO AGGRAVATE OR CREATE ANY NEW 

FLOODING PROBLEMS.



THURSDAY MORNING MOTORISTS ARE STILL URGED TO USE CAUTION AND TO NOT 

DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER STILL COVERS THE ROADWAY OR PAST POLICE 

BARRICADES.



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