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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

657 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDGAR AND VERMILION COUNTIES

UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...



AT 655 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 

INDICATE STRONG STORMS MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN VERMILION 

AND NORTHERN EDGAR COUNTIES.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 

4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS...WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

AS HIGH AS ONE INCH PER HOUR FROM THE STRONGEST STORMS.  



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.



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.



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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