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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

205 PM CST FRI FEB 9 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDGAR...CLARK AND COLES

COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CST...



AT 205 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM CHARLESTON TO PARIS. ONE TO THREE  

INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE THIS MORNING.



AT 145 PM...PARIS POLICE REPORTED WATER IN THE STREETS OF PARIS.  

KANSAS SCHOOL OFFICIALS REPORTED SEVERAL FLOODED STREETS IN KANSAS. 

CLARK COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED ROUTE 49 SOUTH OF CASEY 

FLOODED.  COLES COUNTY REPORTED HIGH WATER COUNTYWIDE WITH 

SEVERAL COUNTY INTERSECTIONS UNDERWATER.    



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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