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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

640 AM CDT SUN APR 21 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDGAR...DOUGLAS AND MOULTRIE

COUNTIES UNTIL 11 AM CDT...



AT 635 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PERIODIC HEAVY 

RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE MORNING. THUS FAR...THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE OCCURRED IN A BAND FROM JUST NORTH OF LOVINGTON 

TO TUSCOLA TO CHRISMAN. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN 

THIS AREA....MOST OF WHICH HAS OCCURRED SINCE 4 AM. 



AT 630 AM...THE DOUGLAS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL 

ROADS BEGINNING TO FLOOD ALONG THE ROUTE 36 CORRIDOR. A NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED A TOTAL OF 2.4 INCHES 

OF RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING.   



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.



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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