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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

938 PM CDT TUE JUN 5 2001



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

CDT...



AT 934 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAD SUBSIDED...HOWEVER FLOODING CONTINUES

ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS



THE JASPER COUNTY SHERIFF AT 930 PM REPORTED THAT THE WATER HAD 

STARTED TO GO DOWN IN MANY LOCATIONS OVER THE COUNTY.  HOWEVER

BARRICADES WERE STILL UP ON MANY COUNTY ROADS.  ALSO...ROUTE 49

WAS STILL DOWN TO ONE LANE.



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.



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

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

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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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GOETSCH



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