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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1030 PM CDT WED AUG 22 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCHUYLER COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM

CDT...



AT 1025 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF GREATER THAN 3 INCHES ACROSS 

THE COUNTY...OCCURRING ALL THIS EVENING. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 

CONTINUED TO PRODUCE RAINFALL RATES UP TO AN INCH AN HOUR. SCHUYLER 

COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER ACROSS 

THE ENTIRE COUNTY. 



STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST ACROSS THE 

AREA THROUGH AT LEAST 1 AM. THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL WILL BECOME 

INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS...AND LIFE THREATENING...AS THE OVERNIGHT 

PROGRESSES.



BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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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