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ILC073-010740-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

218 AM CDT THU MAY 1 2003



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM CDT FOR 

HENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...



AT 212 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SUBSIDED OVER THE WARNED AREA.  

ADDITIONAL RAIN WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN 

HENRY COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 4 AM...BUT AGAIN THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT 

HAS SHIFTED EAST AND SOUTH OF THE AREA.  PEOPLE WITH INTERESTS ALONG 

SPRING 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. EVEN THOUGH STREAMS AND CREEKS WERE RECEDING... 

SOME ROADWAYS MAY STILL BE COVERED WITH WATER. MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED 

TO AVOID DRIVING THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. 



HENRY COUNTY OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT THE MAJOR STREET FLOODING HAS 

SUBSIDED. BUT NUISANCE FLOODING AND OTHER MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS... 

WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY MORNING IN MUCH OF HENRY COUNTY.



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.



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