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WGUS73 KDVN 010557

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IAC115-ILC131-010615-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1250 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR 

LOUISA AND MERCER COUNTIES...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SUBSIDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. PEOPLE WITH 

INTERESTS ALONG POPE CREEK AND THE EDWARDS RIVER SHOULD STILL 

MONITOR THOSE AREAS FOR HIGH WATER...BUT OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS 

HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. THUS MANY OF THE FLOOD 

THREATS WERE ENDING. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING... 

SOME ROADWAYS MAY STILL BE COVERED WITH WATER.  MOTORISTS ARE 

ADVISED TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 



NUISANCE FLOODING WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY MORNING IN MUCH OF 

LOUISA AND MERCER COUNTIES.



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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