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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

620 AM CDT MON JUL 9 2001



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

UNTIL 900 AM CDT...



AT 515 AM CDT...CRAWFORD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED STATE ROUTE 1A 

FLOODED...ROUTE 33 WEST OF ROBINSON FLOODED...AND NUMEROUS STREETS 

IN ROBINSON FLOODED. 



AT 620 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM NEWTON TO ROBINSON. TWO TO THREE INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 300 AM. 



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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