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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

918 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KNOX COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT

CST...



AT 900 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED UP 

TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF KNOX COUNTY.

THE KNOX COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED AT 830 PM THAT WATER WAS COVERING

A NUMBER OF ROADS IN THE COUNTY. ONE COUNTY ROAD WAS CLOSED AND THE 

SPOON RIVER WAS REPORTED WITHIN 2 FEET OF ITS BANKS IN SEVERAL 

LOCATIONS.



DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR AT THE NWS OFFICE IN LINCOLN INDICATED THAT 

ADDITIONAL SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE 

TO MOVE OVER THE REGION...FINALLY DIMINISHING BY MIDNIGHT.



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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