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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

456 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005



ILC067-109-MOC045-199-130245-

HANCOCK IL-MCDONOUGH IL-CLARK MO-SCOTLAND MO-

456 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR SCOTLAND...

CLARK...MCDONOUGH AND HANCOCK COUNTIES...



AT 449 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND SPOTTERS

REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF HANCOCK AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES 

IN ILLINOIS AND SCOTLAND COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI.  REPORTS HAVE 

BEEN RECEIVED THAT THE NORTH FABIUS RIVER NEAR MEMPHIS WAS OUT OF 

ITS BANKS AND WAS ABOUT TO COVER HIGHWAY 11.  REPORTS WERE ALSO 

RECEIVED THAT A RURAL ROAD SOUTH OF WARSAW WAS FLOODED AND THAT 

UNIVERSITY DRIVE NEAR THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ILLINOIS IN MACOMB 

WAS FLOODED.



SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE TO 

MOVE WEST THROUGH THE AREA AND COULD PRODUCE ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES 

OF RAIN BY 7 PM.  RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT THIS AREA HAS ALREADY 

RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE YESTERDAY.  ANY ADDITIONAL 

RAINS ON THE ALREADY SATURATED SOIL WILL ONLY ADD TO THE FLOODING 

PROBLEMS.  



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

SWEPT AWAY IN FLOOD WATERS AS SHALLOW AS 1 FOOT.



LAT...LON 4028 9190 4031 9196 4031 9233 4048 9235

      4055 9233 4056 9171 4036 9144 4040 9137

      4056 9140 4056 9048 4029 9047 4028 9091

      4024 9096 4024 9105



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