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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

725 PM CDT THU AUG 30 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MACON COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM

CDT...



AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

HEAVY RAINS BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE COUNTY. RADAR HAS 

ESTIMATED WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OCCURRING 

SINCE 5 PM. MACON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS 

CLOSED IN DECATUR BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING. ALL UNDERPASSES WERE 

REPORTED AS FLOODED WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER.  



EVENTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS TAPERED OFF...THIS REMAINS A 

DANGEROUS SITUATION AS WATER CONTINUES TO RUN OFF. FLASH FLOODING 

WILL PERSIST ON NUMEROUS HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. RURAL 

ROADS MAY ALSO BE AFFECTED. NEVER WALK OR DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS 

AND ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS.



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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