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WGUS73 KDVN 120638

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ILC177-121000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

135 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR STEPHENSON

COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...



AT 135 AM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING 

OVER THE WARNED AREA...FALLING AT A RATE OF UP TO 2.5 INCHES PER 

HOUR.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

ALREADY FALLEN.



THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING AND MOVING OVER PORTIONS

OF THE WARNED AREA...LEADING TO THE VERY HIGH RAINFALL RATES AND

SUBSEQUENT FLASH FLOODING.



SOME LOCATIONS THAT CONTINUE TO BE THREATENED INCLUDE FREEPORT... 

CEDARVILLE...DAMASCUS...SCIOTA MILLS...RED OAK...RIDOTT...AND ELEROY.



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.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR NEAREST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...

FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES.

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