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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

525 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LAWRENCE COUNTY UNTIL 800 AM

CDT...



AT 515 AM CDT...LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING ON ROUTE 

250 BETWEEN LAWRENCEVILLE AND BRIDGEPORT. ROADS WERE REPORTED 

UNDERWATER IN LAWRENCEVILLE AND BRIDGEPORT AS WELL.



AT 525 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM BRIDGEPORT TO LAWRENCEVILLE. ONE TO TWO 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 400 AM.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE 

EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH 630 AM AND CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE

TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED

AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



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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