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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

800 PM CDT WED APR 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS

  LOUISA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST IOWA



* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT



* AT 752 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED OVER THE

  WARNED AREA.



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT 

  UP 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AN AREA FROM WEST OF CAIRO IN

  WESTERN LOUISA COUNTY IOWA TO ALEDO IN MERCER COUNTY ILLINOIS. 

  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED TO THE WEST OVER

  WASHINGTON COUNTY...AND WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS

  HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN BY 10 PM OVER 

  LOUISA AND MERCER COUNTIES. THIS RAIN...AND THE ADDITIONAL EXPECTED

  HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS TO RISE RAPIDLY

  AND OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...

QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.



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.



LAT...LON 4110 9045 4111 9133 4135 9144 4132 9045



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