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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

924 PM CDT WED APR 30 2003



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HENRY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 215 AM CDT



* AT 915 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER WESTERN HENRY COUNTY

  MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF 

  THE COUNTY HAVE BEEN MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA REPEATEDLY OVER

  THE LAST HOUR. 



* NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE THAT UP

  TO 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THE CAMBRIDGE AREA WEST

  THROUGH OPHEIM SINCE 7 PM.  JUST SOUTH OF THIS AREA RADAR ESTIMATED

  A LARGE AREA OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS

  WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY UNTIL AT

  LEAST 1030 PM AND COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN. THE HENRY

  COUNTY SHERIFF HAS ALREADY REPORTED CONSIDERABLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING 

  AREAS...CITY STREETS AND SMALL CREEKS.  THE  ADDITIONAL RAINS WILL 

  ADD TO THE ONGOING FLOODING.



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 4148 8987 4116 8987 4115 9045 4147 9043



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