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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

733 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  KNOX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL MIDNIGHT CST



* AT 7 PM CST...THE KNOX COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 2 TO 3 FEET OF 

  WATER COVERING A COUNTY ROAD IN RIO TOWNSHIP...ABOUT 4 MILES 

  NORTHEAST OF RIO...IN THE EXTREME NORTHWEST CORNER OF KNOX 

  COUNTY.  ONE VEHICLE WAS REPORTED FLOODED ALREADY.

 

  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 2 INCHES

  INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA DURING THE DAY. 



* ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL 

  WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER KNOX COUNTY THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL 

  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED BY 10 PM.

  THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL FLASH 

  FLOODING.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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.



GOETSCH/HUETTL



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