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IAC111-177-ILC067-060800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

945 PM CDT SAT JUL 5 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 3 AM CDT FOR VAN BUREN AND 

LEE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST IOWA AND HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL 

ILLINOIS...



AT 931 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER MUCH OF VAN BUREN COUNTY AND 

IN SOUTHERN LEE COUNTY IN IOWA...AND IN EXTREME WESTERN HANCOCK 

COUNTY IN ILLINOIS.



AT 830 PM...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN VAN BUREN COUNTY REPORTED WATER 

OVER THE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 1 AND 2.  SEVERAL 

SPOTTER REPORTS OF AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL THUS FAR HAVE COME IN 

FROM LEE AND HANCOCK COUNTIES.  SPOTTERS INDICATED RUNOFF WAS 

INCREASING...AND DITCHES AND SMALL CREEKS WERE RAPIDLY FILLING UP.



SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AS 

THEY GRADUALLY WEAKEN THROUGH 11 PM.  



IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...QUICKLY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO 

ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.  CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS AND 

FLOOD PRONE LOW LYING AREAS.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 

DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. 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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