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WGUS73 KDVN 010029

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ILC067-109-010130-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

725 PM CDT WED MAY 31 2006



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

MCDONOUGH AND HANCOCK COUNTIES...



AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO

INDICATE SHOWERS WITH SOME EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LIGHT

TO MODERATE RAIN WITH LOCALLY BRIEF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE

WARNED AREA.  LATEST DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE A LARGE

SWATH OF 1 TO OVER 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN THE PAST FEW HOURS.



LATEST REPORTS INDICATE WATER LEVELS REMAIN HIGH OVER MUCH OF THE

WARNED AREA.  MODERATE FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN MACOMB AND IN

SEVERAL RURAL LOCATIONS IN DITCHES AND ALONG COUNTRY ROADS AND

HIGHWAYS.  AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE

ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 8:30 PM.  THIS WILL KEEP

WATER LEVELS HIGH IN SOME LOCATIONS FOR THE NEXT HOUR.



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.



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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