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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

940 AM CDT SUN APR 21 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 11 AM CDT...



AT 935 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS APPROACHING 4 INCHES IN MANY LOCATIONS IN A BAND 

FROM JUST NORTH OF LOVINGTON TO TUSCOLA TO CHRISMAN. MOST OF THIS 

RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 4 AM. 



THE HEAVIEST RAINS ARE EXPECTED TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE WARNED AREA 

BY 11 AM. ALTHOUGH...ADDITIONAL RISES IN WATER LEVELS WILL LIKELY 

CONTINUE SEVERAL HOURS AFTER THE RAINS END. THEREFORE...THE FLASH 

FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE. 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. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS 

CONTINUED FLOOD POTENTIAL. THIS WARNING MAY NEED TO BE EXTENDED 

BEYOND 11 AM GIVEN THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS RAINFALL.



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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