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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

159 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2008



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS ISSUED A



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

  SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...



* UNTIL 800 AM CDT



* AT 140 AM CDT...A LEVEE ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR MEYER FAILED 

AND IS CAUSING FLASH FLOODING OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS.



* AFFECTED LOCATIONS INCLUDE WARSAW AND WARSAW BOTTOMS...AREAS BELOW 

THE BLUFF ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN SOUTHWESTERN HANCOCK COUNTY.



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

DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO 

HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO

FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.



LAT...LON 4029 9149 4036 9145 4036 9143 4020 9142

      4020 9150



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