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ILC085-170500-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

304 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT



* AT 302 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUOUSLY REDEVELOPING  

  OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY FROM NEAR WARREN...TO

  APPLE RIVER CANYON STATE PARK...TO NEAR WOODBINE AND ELMOVILLE.

  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AS MUCH AS 1.5 TO 2 INCHES

  OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN OR NEAR THESE LOCATIONS WITHIN

  THE LAST 90 MINUTES. PERSONS ESPECIALLY IN APPLE RIVER CANYON

  STATE PARK...AND NEAR LILLY BRANCH CREEK...RUSH CREEK AND 

  CLEAR CREEK...SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.   



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WARREN...

  STOCKTON...SCHAPVILLE...PLUM RIVER...NORA...MASSBACH...HANOVER...

  ELIZABETH...DERINDA CENTER AND APPLE RIVER.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF FLOOD-PRONE

AND LOW LYING AREAS. MOVE IMMEDIATELY FROM THESE AREAS TO HIGHER

GROUND.



DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. MOST FATALITIES OCCUR IN VEHICLES

SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.



FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...

UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IS LIKELY.



LAT...LON 4220 9035 4219 8994 4251 8994 4252 9024



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