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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

819 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  VERMILION COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  CHAMPAIGN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS



* UNTIL 200 AM CST



* AT 806 PM CST...CHAMPAIGN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER OVER 

  A NUMBER OF COUNTY ROADS. SIGNS HAVE BEEN PUT OUT ON SOME 

  ROADS TO STOP VEHICLE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE FLOODED AREAS. 



  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED AS MUCH AS 

  2 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE REGION TODAY.  



* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE

  ACROSS THE CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTY AREAS THROUGH 

  MIDNIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 1/2 INCH AND 

  1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

  WILL LIKELY PRODUCE 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



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