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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1143 AM CDT SAT APR 27 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SANGAMON...MORGAN AND SCOTT

COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...



AT 1143 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING...ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHERN SANGAMON COUNTY

...WITH RAINS DECREASING IN INTENSITY AROUND THE WINCHESTER AREA. 

MORGAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT AT 1120 AM CDT...ONE FOOT OF WATER

WAS COVERING THE ROUTE 123 SOUTHBOUND LANES. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

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. EVEN THOUGH THE RAINFALL INTENSITY MAY

DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT

WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.



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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