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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

615 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



ILC067-109-010130-

HANCOCK IL-MCDONOUGH IL-

624 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR

MCDONOUGH AND HANCOCK COUNTIES...



AT 619 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO

INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM WALNUT

GROVE TO NORTH OF SCIOTA ALONG THE MCDONOUGH AND WARREN COUNTY LINE. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST

COUPLE OF HOURS. AN ADDITIONAL AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WAS EXITING THE 

EASTERN PORTION OF MCDONOUGH COUNTY SOUTHEAST OF ADAIR AND EAST OF

INDUSTRY. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE 

REMAINDER OF THE WARNED AREA. MODERATE FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED 

IN MACOMB AND IN DITCHES ALONG RURAL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO MACOMB...

WARSAW...TENNESSEE...SCIOTA...PRAIRIE CITY...LA HARPE...HAMILTON...GOOD

HOPE...FERRIS...DISCO...DALLAS CITY...COLUSA...COLCHESTER...

CARTHAGE...BURNSIDE...BLANDINSVILLE AND ADRIAN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE...WITH AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF

INCH POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH ISOLATED ADDITIONAL

1 INCH AMOUNTS POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS NORTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY. 

THIS WILL KEEP WATER LEVELS HIGH FOR THE NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS.



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.



DO NOT ALLOW KIDS TO PLAY IN OR NEAR FLOODED AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES...

CULVERTS AND LOW LYING AREAS.



LAT...LON 4062 9047 4064 9121 4058 9138 4040 9137

      4033 9147 4022 9150 4021 9093 4028 9092

      4028 9047



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