[LeArc] FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS EXTENDED

Duane Whittingham [email protected]
Thu, 13 Jun 2002 04:22:51 -0500


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE QUAD CITIES HAS EXTENDED THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS FOR...

* HENDERSON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  WARREN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  HANCOCK COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS
  MCDONOUGH COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT

* AT 355 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR & 
SHORT-TERM FORECASTS INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN WILL END THIS
MORNING
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING WILL
CONTINUE 
THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE...AS WATER PONDS ON
ROADWAYS...CONTINUES TO 
FLOOD LOW-LYING AREAS...AND AFFECTS URBAN AREAS.

* UP TO 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVERNIGHT...WITH THE 
HEAVIEST RAINS ACROSS HENDERSON...MONMOUTH...EXTREME N. 
HANCOCK...AND N. MCDONOUGH COUNTIES. SOME TOWNS THAT HAVE BEEN 
MOST AFFECTED INCLUDE...OQUAWKA & BIGGSVILLE IN HENDERSON 
COUNTY...AND KIRKWOOD...ROSEVILLE...AND GREENBUSH IN WARREN
COUNTY. 
AN ADDITIONAL INCH IS POSSIBLE BEFORE THE RAIN ENDS.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF
SMALL
CREEKS & STREAMS...HIGHWAYS & UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS & FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS & STREAMS & OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

LAT...LON 4106 9048 4029 9048 4023 9148 4092 9095
          4106 9094

REA

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