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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

554 AM CDT FRI AUG 27 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR 

SCOTLAND...CLARK...LEE AND VAN BUREN COUNTIES...



AT 549 AM CDT...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 

VERY HEAVY RAIN HEAVY RAIN...WITH WATER OVER A COUNTY ROAD IN 

NORTHERN CLARK COUNTY.  THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE WARNED AREA.  FLASH FLOODING 

IS LIKELY  THUNDERSTORMS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN AND DECREASE IN 

COVERAGE THROUGH 830 AM...HOWEVER MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA MAY 

RECEIVE ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN. THIS WILL ONLY ADD TO 

THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT.  DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT 

BETWEEN 3 AND 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN...WITH THE HEAVIEST 

AMOUNTS NEAR THE IOWA AND MISSOURI BORDER...WHERE ISOLATED AMOUNTS 

UP TO 8 INCHES MAY HAVE FALLEN DURING THE NIGHT. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN WILL DECREASE BY 830 AM..FLASH FLOODING WILL 

LIKELY CONTINUE NEAR CREEKS AND LOW LYING AREAS THROUGH MID 

MORNING.  



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

SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.



PLEASE REPORT ANY FLOODING OR DAMAGE TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

AGENCY FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.



LAT...LON 4086 9214 4041 9225 4030 9157 4074 9129



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