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WGUS73 KDVN 100144

FFSDVN



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

840 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007



ILC015-195-100515-

CARROLL IL-WHITESIDE IL-

840 PM CDT MON JUL 9 2007



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR

WHITESIDE AND CARROLL COUNTIES...



AT 839 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY OVER THE WARNED AREA.



CARROLL COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED GRAVEL HAD BEEN WASHED ACROSS 

ILLINOIS 78 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BLUE MOUNTAIN ROAD. THIS GRAVEL 

WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING CLEANED UP.



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

MOUNT CARROLL...MILLEDGEVILLE...LANARK...FAIRHAVEN...CHADWICK AND

ARGO FAY



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 4174 9016 4168 8965 4193 8965 4193 8970

      4218 8970 4218 9011



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