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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

150 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CRAWFORD AND JASPER COUNTIES

UNTIL 5 AM...



AT 140 AM...THE SHERIFF OFFICE IN ROBINSON REPORTED SEVERAL COUNTY 

ROADS ACROSS CRAWFORD COUNTY WERE FLOODED WITH WATER ALONG WITH 

SEVERAL STREETS IN ROBINSON.



BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER NORTHWEST CRAWFORD AND 

NORTHEAST JASPER COUNTIES SINCE MIDNIGHT. AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF

RAIN COULD FALL OVER SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF CRAWFORD AND JASPER

COUNTIES BEFORE DIMINISHING BY 3 AM.   



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.



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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