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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

230 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MORGAN...SANGAMON AND SCOTT

COUNTIES UNTIL 7 AM CDT...



AT 230 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 

INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR SINCE LATE EVENING. A FEW 

LOCATIONS IN WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY MAY HAVE SEEN UPWARDS OF 4 OR MORE 

INCHES OF RAIN. 



A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MAKE ITS WAY THROUGH 

THE AREA THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE COMMON...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF OVER 2 

INCHES. THIS WILL BRING STORMS TOTALS IN SOME AREAS TO OVER 4 

INCHES. THIS WILL ADD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING OF 

STREETS...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. USE CAUTION ON RURAL ROADS WHERE FLOODING MAY NOT BE 

IMMEDIATELY VISIBLE.



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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