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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1208 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 400 AM

CDT...



AT 1205 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO MOVE OVER SHELBY COUNTY.  RAINFALL WAS 

ESTIMATED TO BE BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH PER HOUR.



ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH 4 AM THIS MORNING...AS

MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUND. 



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.



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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