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ILC073-010715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1122 PM CDT WED APR 30 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR HENRY 

   COUNTY ILLINOIS...



AT 1102 PM CDT...THE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE

MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.  HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS

OVER MERCER AND ROCK ISLAND COUNTIES MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.  THESE STORMS

WILL MOVE OVER HENRY COUNTY BY 1230 AM AND COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER ONE HALF

INCH OF RAIN IN A FEW LOCATIONS.



RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES SHOWED AN AREA OF 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN OVER

SOUTHERN HENRY COUNTY THROUGH WOODHULL...BISHOP HILL AND GALVA. AT 

10 PM CDT A SPOTTER REPORTED 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN IN 3 HOURS NEAR

NEW WINDSOR IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST HENRY COUNTY.  



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

THROUGH 2 AM AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL AGGRAVATE 

ONGOING 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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