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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1100 PM CDT WED MAY 16 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 2 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR

PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS

     EDGAR



AT 11 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY

HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL EDGAR COUNTY. BETWEEN 1 AND 2.5 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 8 PM. AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2.5 

INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL OVER EDGAR COUNTY THROUGH 2 AM. CITIES TO BE 

AFFECTED INCLUDE PARIS...BROCTON AND VERMILION.



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

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

WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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