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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

247 PM CDT THU JUL 19 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY UNTIL

430 PM CDT...



AT 247 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO 

NORTHWESTERN RANDOLPH COUNTY.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL ON ALREADY 

SATURATED GROUNDS MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE 

COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.



THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH THE COUNTY EARLIER TODAY PRODUCED 

RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OVER PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY...WITH 

THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL TOTALS BETWEEN ELLIS GROVE AND ROCKWOOD.

ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES CAN BE EXPECTED LATE 

THIS AFTERNOOON FROM THE STORMS CURRENTLY MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD INTO 

THE COUNTY.  THIS ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF ROADS 

AND SMALL STREAMS IN LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. AVOID BRIDGES...DIPS...

OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS

WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT

TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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