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WGUS73 KDVN 130022

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

714 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005



ILC067-109-MOC045-199-130245-

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

714 PM CDT TUE APR 12 2005



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

CLARK...MCDONOUGH AND HANCOCK COUNTIES...



AT 710 PM CDT...THE RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE 

AREA.  RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF SHOWERS...MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 

INDUSTRY IN MCDONOUGH COUNTY THROUGH WYACONDA IN CLARK COUNTY.  THE 

SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.  AT THIS RATE MOST 

OF THE SHOWERS SHOULD MOVE OUT OF THE AREA BY 9 PM.



EVEN THOUGH THE RAINFALL IS COMING TO AN END...RUNOFF FROM THE 

EARLIER HEAVY RAINS...WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE SOME FLOODING ON THE 

SMALLER RIVERS AND STREAMS. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.



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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