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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

200 AM CDT FRI MAY 18 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TAZEWELL COUNTY UNTIL 430 AM CDT...



AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD FALL OVER TAZEWELL COUNTY

THROUGH 3 AM AND DIMINISHING THEREAFTER. THIS WILL BE ON TOP OF THE 

1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL SINCE MIDNIGHT FROM PEKIN SOUTHEAST

TO TREMONT. AT 138 AM...TAZEWELL COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SOME STREETS

IN PEKIN FLOODED AND ROUTE 9 IN TREMONT UNDER FLOWING WATER.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON FLOOD PRONE

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. NEVER WALK OR DRIVE INTO FLOODED

AREAS AND ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS. BE ESPECIALLY 

CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF 

FLASH FLOODS.  



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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