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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1053 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



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

CST...



AT 1053 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL THE PRODUCED THE FLOODING ACROSS PARTS OF 

THE KNOX COUNTY HAS SHIFTED EAST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MOST OF 

THE COUNTY SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

HAS ENDED...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS NOT 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.



SMITH

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO WORDING IN FIRST PARAGRAPH

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1053 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



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

CST...



AT 1053 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL THAT PRODUCED THE FLOODING ACROSS PARTS 

OF KNOX COUNTY HAS SHIFTED EAST. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER 

RADAR ESTIMATED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MOST OF 

THE COUNTY SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING. EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL 

HAS ENDED...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS NOT 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.



SMITH

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