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ILC085-210445-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

546 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2004



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  JO DAVIESS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT



* AT 544 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OCCURING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR           

  GALENA...OR ABOUT OVER GALENA. RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL RATES IN   

  EXCESS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR...WITH STORM TOTALS ALREADY OF 1.5 TO 2  

  INCHES FROM GALENA TO SOUTHEAST OF MENOMINEE. THE STORM WAS MOVING 

  VERY LITTLE...THUS FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE ABOVE AREAS.



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

  SCHAPVILLE...SCALES MOUND...ELIZABETH AND COUNCIL HILL...GALENA

  AND MENOMINEE. 



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 4251 9049 4242 9051 4225 9015 4249 9003



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