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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1103 PM CST SAT FEB 24 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION

COUNTIES UNTIL 200 AM CST...



AT 1103 PM CST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE BAND OF HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH HAS PRODUCED FLOODING OVER PARTS OF 

CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILLION COUNTY WAS BEGINNING TO DIMINISH IN 

INTENSITY AND MOVE INTO WESTERN INDIANA. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN WILL 

BE ENDING...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS 

AND IN LOW LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE 

ROADS.



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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