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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

800 AM CDT SUN APR 21 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 11 AM CDT...



AT 755 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 

2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN A BAND FROM JUST NORTH 

OF LOVINGTON TO TUSCOLA TO CHRISMAN. MOST OF THIS RAIN HAS FALLEN 

SINCE 4 AM. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS TAPERED OFF SOME IN THESE LOCATIONS...RADAR  

INDICATED ANOTHER BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING 

IN FROM THE WEST. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL REACH THE LOVINGTON AND 

SULLIVAN AREAS AROUND 830...TUSCOLA BY 9...AND CHRISMAN BY 930 AM. A 

QUICK BURST UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN WILL LIKELY FALL IN AN HOURS TIME 

WITH THE PASSAGE OF THIS STORM. THIS WILL INCREASE THE FLASH FLOOD 

THREAT. SEVERAL ROADS WERE ALREADY REPORTED FLOODED ALONG THE ROUTE 

36 CORRIDOR.    



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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