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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

458 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM...

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EFFINGHAM...CRAWFORD...

CLARK...CUMBERLAND AND JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...



AT 458 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEASTERN ILLINOIS. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 4PM.



A SHELBY COUNTY COOP OBSERVER REPORTED CREEKS OUT OF THEIR BANKS IN 

LAKEWOOD. 



JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED ROUTE 49 FROM HUNT CITY TO YALE WAS 

CLOSED WITH 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER OVER THE ROAD.  WATER WAS ALSO 

REPORTED OVER ROUTE 130. 



CLARK COUNTY ESDA REPORTED ROUTE 40 NEAR MARTINSVILLE HAD WATER OVER 

THE ROAD.   

 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND

NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW

LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



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.

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KETCHAM 



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