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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

130 PM CST FRI FEB 9 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CUMBERLAND COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM

CST...



AT 130 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM NEOGA TO GREENUP. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE THIS MORNING.  



CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED STATE ROUTE 45 

UNDERWATER. SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED IN THE TOWN OF 

TOLEDO.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE

TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED

AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. STAY

TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.





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