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URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

920 AM CDT SAT JUL 21 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED AN URBAN AND SMALL

STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT SATURDAY MORNING

FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY



IN CENTRAL ILLINOIS

     WOODFORD



AT 917 AM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY 

RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN WOODFORD COUNTY...FROM

WASHBURN TO LOW POINT. IN THIS AREA...DURING THE PAST HOUR...RADAR HAS

ESTIMATED FROM 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR. THIS

WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS.



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. IF YOU LIVE IN A FLOOD PRONE

AREA...TAKE THE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.



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