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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

310 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2001



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

UNTIL 5 AM...



AT 3 AM...SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS REMAIN WATER COVERED ACROSS CRAWFORD 

COUNTY ALONG WITH MANY STREETS IN ROBINSON. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN

2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER WESTERN CRAWFORD AND EASTERN JASPER

COUNTIES BETWEEN NEWTON AND ROBINSON SINCE MIDNIGHT. A CLUSTER OF

THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN

OVER CRAWFORD COUNTY...ESPECIALLY FROM ROBINSON EAST TO THE WABASH 

RIVER BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER 4 AM.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES AT NIGHT. 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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