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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL

619 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



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MCDONOUGH IL-HANCOCK IL-

619 AM CST SAT DEC 27 2008



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM CST FOR

HANCOCK AND MCDONOUGH COUNTIES...



AT 615 AM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS 

INDICATING THAT 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST 3 TO 4 HOURS. THIS WAS ON TOP OF THE RAPID 

SNOW MELT THAT OCCURRED DUE TO THE UNSEASONABLY MILD TEMPERATURES 

OVERNIGHT. 



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

PRAIRIE CITY...NIOTA...NAUVOO...LA HARPE...GOOD HOPE...DISCO...DALLAS

CITY...COLUSA...BUSHNELL AND BLANDINSVILLE



AT 430 AM CST...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL LOW 

LYING COUNTY ROADS INUNDATED WITH WATER ACROSS HANCOCK COUNTY...AS 

WELL AS AN INTERSECTION WITH STANDING WATER IN BASCO.



AS MORE ROUNDS OF SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVE ACROSS THE

WARNED AREA THROUGH MID MORNING...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A 

HALF INCH...UP TO ANOTHER INCH ARE EXPECTED. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE ANY 

ONGOING FLOODING SITUATIONS...OR CREATE NEW ONES.



FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS...HIGHWAYS AND STREETS...

UNDERPASSES AND LOW LYING URBAN AND RURAL AREAS IS LIKELY.



LAT...LON 4020 9150 4028 9150 4037 9145 4040 9137

      4052 9138 4055 9141 4060 9138 4064 9122

      4063 9045 4027 9046 4028 9091 4020 9092

TIME...MOT...LOC 1202Z 180DEG 0KT 4052 9103



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