

000 

WGUS53 KDVN 141628

FFWDVN

ILC131-142230-

/O.NEW.KDVN.FF.W.0044.080614T1627Z-080614T2230Z/

/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1127 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN...

  SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT SATURDAY



* AT 1125 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THE LEVEE ON POPE 

CREEK HAS FAILED...AND IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF IMMEDIATELY 

SURROUNDING AREAS...INCLUDING THE CITY OF KEITHSBURG.



* AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE KEITHSBURG



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4108 9095 4109 9096 4111 9096 4114 9099

      4115 9099 4118 9084 4113 9085 4107 9086



$$



JAZ



000 

WGUS53 KDVN 141628

FFWDVN

ILC131-142230-

/O.NEW.KDVN.FF.W.0044.080614T1627Z-080614T2230Z/

/00000.U.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

1127 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR A LEVEE FAILURE IN...

  SOUTHWESTERN MERCER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 530 PM CDT SATURDAY



* AT 1125 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THE LEVEE ON POPE 

CREEK HAS FAILED...AND IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF IMMEDIATELY 

SURROUNDING AREAS...INCLUDING THE CITY OF KEITHSBURG.



* AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE KEITHSBURG



MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO

AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY

DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL

ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED

ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



LAT...LON 4108 9095 4109 9096 4111 9096 4114 9099

      4115 9099 4118 9084 4113 9085 4107 9086



$$



JAZ

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