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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

650 PM CDT FRI APR 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN VERMILION AND EDGAR 

COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...



AT 635 PM...VERMILION COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY REPORTED

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING STILL OCCURRING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS 

OF THE COUNTY. THE AREA AFFECTED THE WORST IS AROUND GEORGETOWN. 

ROUTE ONE AND SEVERAL RURAL ROADS HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATERS.

SEVERAL TOWNSHIP ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS WASHED OUT. SOME RESIDENTS 

WERE ALSO BEING EVACUATED IN GEORGETOWN. 



AT 630 PM...THE PARIS COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED SIGNIFICANT

FLOODING STILL OCCURRING IN PARIS. SEVERAL CITY ROADS STILL FLOODED. 

NUMEROUS BASEMENTS REPORTED FLOODED.



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE TAPERED OFF...IT WILL TAKE SEVERAL 

HOURS FOR THE HIGH WATERS TO SUBSIDE. RADAR ESTIMATED WIDESPREAD

3 TO 4 INCH RAIN AMOUNTS IN SOUTHERN VERMILION COUNTY AND

PORTIONS OF CENTRAL EDGAR COUNTY SINCE 4 PM. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS 

AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH 

FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR 

AUTOMOBILE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING AT 

NIGHT. FLOODED OR WASHED OUT ROADS WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SEE.



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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