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WGUS73 KDVN 030103
FFSDVN
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE QUAD CITIES IA IL
803 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2024
ILC109-030530-
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MCDONOUGH IL-
803 PM CDT THU MAY 2 2024
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FRIDAY
FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MCDONOUGH COUNTY...
AT 803 PM CDT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER ON SEVERAL RURAL
COUNTY ROADS. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN WITH OCCASIONAL EMBEDDED
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE RAIN SHOULD
CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THIS EVENING. BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PARTS OF THE
COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.5 TO 1 INCH ARE PROBABLE IN
THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY.
HAZARD...FLASH FLOODING CAUSED BY THUNDERSTORMS.
SOURCE...RADAR AND AUTOMATED GAUGES.
IMPACT...FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS, URBAN AREAS,
HIGHWAYS, STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR
DRAINAGE AND LOW-LYING AREAS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...
BUSHNELL, INDUSTRY, PRAIRIE CITY, BARDOLPH, ADAIR, NEW
PHILADELPHIA, PENNINGTON POINT, DODDSVILLE AND PRAIRIE CITY
AIRPORT.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 136.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
LA MOINE RIVER, GRINDSTONE CREEK, AND CAMP CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
LAT...LON 4063 9045 4028 9045 4028 9080 4046 9063
4063 9053
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FRIEDLEIN
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