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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

325 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLARK...DOUGLAS...EASTERN COLES

AND SOUTHERN EDGAR COUNTIES THROUGH 6 AM...



AT 205 AM...CLARK COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED CORK ROAD AS FLOODED. 



AT 255 AM...DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING ON ROUTE 36

UNDER A VIADUCT WHERE A CAR STALLED OUT FROM FLOODING.



AT 320 AM...DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED

IN TUSCOLA.



RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER CENTRAL AND 

SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS...NORTHEAST COLES...SOUTHERN EDGAR AND MUCH OF 

CLARK COUNTIES SINCE 11 PM. LOCALLY 6 OR MORE INCHES OF RAIN FELL 

ACROSS SOUTHWEST EDGAR COUNTY BETWEEN KANSAS AND ROUTE 133. CLUSTER

OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 

INCHES ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING BEFORE DIMINISHING AFTER 430 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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