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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

200 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 900 AM CDT FOR...           

  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  KEOKUK COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  HENRY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  DES MOINES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  VAN BUREN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  LEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



AT 155 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO EFFECT THE WARNED 

AREA.  THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL...4 TO 6 INCHES...HAS BEEN IN WEST 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS...FROM GULFPORT...TO RARITAN AND LA HARPE...TO 

ROSEVILLE...GREENBUSH...SWANK CREEK... YOUNGSTOWN...AND WALNUT 

GROVE.  IN SOUTHEAST IOWA...3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN 

BURLINGTON...NEAR ALBINGDON...AND BETWEEN MOUNT PLEASANT AND SALEM.



RAINFALL WILL END FOR A SHORT TIME INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS...AND 

THEN PICK UP AGAIN TOWARDS DAWN...AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING 

COMMUTE...BEFORE ENDING MID TO LATE MORNING.



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.



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