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IAC115-139-ILC131-161-010545-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1048 PM CDT WED APR 30 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1245 AM THURSDAY CDT FOR...



AT 1048 PM CDT...MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE

MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  RADAR WAS INDICATING SCATTERED STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS FROM WAPELLO TO EAST OF ELIZA MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOW THAT UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE

FALLEN OVER NORTHERN WAPELLO COUNTY WHILE A SWATH OF RAIN OF 4 TO 6

INCHES OR MORE FELL FROM EAST OF JOY THROUGH ALEDO  TO SOUTHEAST OF

SHERARD. 



THE LOUISA COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT DITCHES WERE OVERFLOWING ALONG

HIGHWAY 61 NORTH OF WAPELLO AND STREET FLOODING DUE TO BACKED UP STORM

DRAINS WAS OCCURRING IN WAPELLO AND GRANDVIEW.  THE MERCER COUNTY 

SHERIFFS OFFICE SAID NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN CALLED

IN TO THEIR OFFICE.  SOME OF THE MORE SIGNIFICANT REPORTS INCLUDE

AS MUCH AS 2 TO 3 FT OF WATER OVER SOME STREETS IN ALEDO...WATER 

3 TO 4 FT DEEP OVER 30TH AVENUE JUST WEST OF HIGHWAY 94...WATER OF

UNKNOWN DEPTH RUNNING OVER ROUTE 17  AND ROUTE 94 SOUTH OF ALEDO.

A SHERIFFS DEPUTY ALSO ADVISED THAT POPE CREEK WAS AT BANK FULL AND

WOULD LIKELY OVERFLOW ITS BANKS BY MORNING.



EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE RAIN HAS ENDED...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH

MIDNIGHT AND CONTINUED EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE

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.



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