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WGUS73 KDVN 231107

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ILC085-231230-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

600 AM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR JO DAVIESS

COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...



AT 555 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE 

WARNING AREA...BUT LIGHTER RAINS WERE STILL PROGRESSING THROUGH JO 

DAVIESS COUNTY. EVEN THIS LIGHTER RAIN WILL AGGRAVATE ANY FLASH 

FLOODING OR NUISANCE FLOODING PROBLEMS THROUGH AT LEAST 730 AM 

CDT....THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE. 



THE GROUND HAS ALREADY BEEN SATURATED BY RECENT RAINFALL. HEAVY 

RAINS OVERNIGHT HAVE RESULTED IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WITH FLASH 

FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA.



AT 450 AM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED MANY STREETS 

INUNDATED WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF WATER IN GALENA. 



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE OVERNIGHT STORMS HAVE CAUSED 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. 

IF YOU HAVE INTERESTS ALONG MILL AND RUSH CREEKS...AS WELL AS THE 

APPLE AND GALENA RIVERS...BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.  



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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