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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

745 PM CDT TUE JUN 19 2001



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

UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...



AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST OUT OF VERMILION 

AND EDGAR COUNTIES.  RAINFALL ESTIMATES HOWEVER INDICATED THAT AS 

MUCH AS 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE REGION. 



THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAD BEGUN TO TAPER OFF...IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL

HOURS FOR THE FLOOD WATERS TO TOTALLY RECEED.  



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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