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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

812 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING UNTIL 900 AM CDT CANCELED EARLY 

 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 810 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL 

CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE AREA PREVIOUSLY UNDER A FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING...BUT THE THREAT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED FOR 

NOW. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHIFTED FURTHER SOUTH 

ACROSS MISSOURI THAN EARLIER ANTICIPATED...AND WILL NOT AFFECT THE 

PREVIOUSLY WARNED AREA. THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED EARLY. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 6 INCHES EXTENDED FROM NEAR 

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

THE HEAVIEST DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED TOTALS OF 5 TO 6 INCHES WERE 

LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN WARREN COUNTY.



LATEST REPORTS FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES IN THE PAST HOUR 

INDICATE THE NUISANCE FLOODING ON STREETS AND UNDERPASSES HAS 

DIMINISHED. NO REAL SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS REPORTED OVERNIGHT IN 

THE WARNED AREA. 4.11 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN LA HARPE IN 

NORTHEAST HANCOCK COUNTY.



ALTHOUGH THE CURRENT THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED...STORMS 

FIRING OVER NORTHEAST NEBRASKA WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR THE 

POTENTIAL OF FORMING INTO A LARGER HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING COMPLEX THAT 

MAY PROPAGATE SOUTHEAST AND AFFECT PORTIONS OF THE PREVIOUSLY WARNED 

AREA LATER TODAY...STAY TUNED



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