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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

638 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MACON COUNTY UNTIL 10 PM

CDT...



AT 638 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

VERY HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS MACON COUNTY. THE DECATUR AIRPORT 

MEASURED 1 AND THREE QUARTERS INCHES OF RAIN JUST SINCE 6 PM. 



THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL LIKELY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. THIS IS 

A DANGEROUS SITUATION...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN AREAS...INCLUDING THE 

CITY OF DECATUR. 



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON FLOOD PRONE

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. NEVER WALK OR DRIVE INTO FLOODED 

AREAS AND ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS. MOST DEATHS OCCUR

WHEN PEOPLE DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADS.



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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