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WGUS53 KDVN 240559

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ILC071-241200-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1253 AM CDT FRI AUG 24 2007



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF STRONGHURST...



* UNTIL 700 AM CDT



* AT 1252 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO 

  STRONGHURST...CARMAN AND RARITAN.



ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE NEXT SEVERAL 

HOURS AS THUNDERSTORMS MOVE REPEATEDLY OVER THIS AREA.  THIS 

ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN 

URBAN AREAS AND NEAR CREEKS AND STREAMS. THE GREATEST THREAT WILL BE 

OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE COUNTY.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY WHILE DRIVING.



LAT...LON 4070 9111 4075 9108 4080 9108 4086 9106

      4094 9095 4107 9094 4106 9080 4065 9081

      4065 9115



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