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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1213 PM CST MON DEC 17 2001



FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR...

  ALEXANDER COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  GALLATIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  HARDIN COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  JOHNSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  MASSAC COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  POPE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  PULASKI COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  SALINE COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  UNION COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

  WILLIAMSON COUNTY IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS



UNTIL 130 PM



AT 1210 PM CST...WIDESPREAD FLOODING OF STREAMS AND ROADWAYS 

CONTINUED ACROSS MUCH OF EXTREME SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. IN JOHNSON 

COUNTY...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED NEARLY 20 ROADS 

CLOSED...AND THE FLATWOODS COMMUNITY WAS COMPLETELY CUT OFF DUE TO 

HIGH WATER. IN JACKSON COUNTY...SPRINGER ROAD NEAR CARBONDALE WAS 

CLOSED. 



ELSEWHERE ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...NUMEROUS SECONDARY/COUNTY ROADS 

ARE EITHER WASHED OUT OR FLOODED. MOST CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE EITHER 

FLOODED OR AT BANKFULL. IN ADDITION...BANDS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO DRIFT NORTHEAST ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WILL 

AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY OCCURRING. MAJOR ROAD 

PROBLEMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO THE  MID AFTERNOON HOURS.



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