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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

220 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCHUYLER COUNTY UNTIL 7 AM

CDT...



AT 220 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY THE RADAR SINCE LATE 

EVENING. THE SCHUYLER COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED SOME 

STREETS HAVING LOCALIZED PONDING ACROSS THE COUNTY...BUT NO 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS OBSERVED AT THIS TIME.



A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 

THROUGH THE COUNTY THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS OF OVER AN INCH THROUGH 7 AM ARE POSSIBLE..WITH SOME LOCALLY 

HEAVIER AMOUNTS IN THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. THIS ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL COULD RESULT IN THE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS...UNDERPASSES AND 

LOW AREAS. 



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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS OF FLOOD WATERS ON RURAL ROADS.



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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