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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

140 PM CST FRI FEB 9 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EFFINGHAM COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM

CST...



AT 140 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING NEAR EFFINGHAM. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE THIS MORNING.



AT 130 PM...EFFINGHAM CITY POLICE REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS FLOODED IN 

EFFINGHAM.  SOUTH STATE ROUTE HIGHWAY 45 IN EFFINGHAM UNDER WATER.



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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