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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

534 AM CDT WED JUN 6 2001



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 700 AM CDT...



AT 534 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE WARNED 

COUNTIES WITH A GRADUAL DECREASE IN COVERAGE OF THE LIGHT RAIN THAT 

IS OCCURRING OVER THE AREA AT THE PRESENT TIME. RADAR ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL SINCE 230 AM CDT HAS RANGED FROM ONE AND A HALF TO THREE  

INCHES FROM WINCHESTER TO JUST NORTH OF CHATHAM. THIS IS IN ADDITION 

TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED IN THIS AREA LAST EVENING. STORM 

TOTAL ESTIMATES ALONG THE SAME AREA HAVE GENERALLY RANGED TWO AND A 

HALF INCHES TO A MAXIMUM OF NEARLY SIX INCHES NEAR WINCHESTER. 

ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE WARNED 

COUNTIES...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 700 AM.



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE 

TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED 

AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. 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 ON THIS FLOODING EVENT.



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