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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

600 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 540 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED WITH SOME LOCALLY HEAVY 

RAINS.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 6 INCHES RUN FROM NEAR 

FAIRFIELD TO BURLINGTON TO ROSEVILLE IN A 15 TO 25 MILE WIDE AXIS.



PERIODS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TIL MID MORNING WITH AN ADDITIONAL ONE 

QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE...WITH ISOLATED HIGHER 

AMOUNTS.   LATEST REPORTS FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE 

PAST HOUR INDICATE WIDESPREAD PONDING CONTINUES ON AREA ROADWAYS 

WITH SOME SECONDARY ROADS IN LOW LYING AREAS EXPERIENCING WATER 

RUNNING ACROSS THE ROADWAY.  



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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NICHOLS

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