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WGUS83 KDVN 051516
FLSDVN
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
1016 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 2023
IAC057-111-ILC067-071-MOC045-051700-
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DES MOINES IA-LEE IA-HANCOCK IL-HENDERSON IL-CLARK MO-
1016 AM CDT SAT AUG 5 2023
...FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CDT TODAY...
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES.
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS, SOUTHEAST IOWA AND
NORTHEAST MISSOURI, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES, IN WEST
CENTRAL ILLINOIS, HANCOCK AND HENDERSON. IN SOUTHEAST IOWA, DES
MOINES AND LEE. IN NORTHEAST MISSOURI, CLARK.
* WHEN...UNTIL NOON CDT.
* IMPACTS...NUMEROUS ROADS REMAIN CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. LOW-WATER
CROSSINGS ARE LIKELY INUNDATED WITH WATER AND MAY NOT BE PASSABLE.
IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOURS FOR ALL THE WATER FROM THESE STORMS TO
WORK THROUGH LOCAL DRAINAGE SYSTEMS IN URBAN AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 1014 AM CDT, THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA AND WATER
LEVELS ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. TRAVEL ACROSS CLARK COUNTY
MISSOURI IS DISCOURAGED DUE TO NUMEROUS WASHOUTS ON SECONDARY
ROADS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 4085 9107 4080 9099 4062 9105 4050 9126
4036 9139 4041 9153 4046 9153 4047 9156
4048 9189
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