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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

431 PM CDT SAT APR 27 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT...



AT 431 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS SHIFTING EAST OF A LINCOLN TO SPRINGFIELD LINE. RAINFALL 

AMOUNTS SINCE NOON HAVE AVERAGED BETWEEN 1.00 AND 1.50 INCHES WITH 

TOTAL RAINFALL SINCE IT STARTED EARLIER THIS MORNING FROM 1.5 TO 2 

INCHES. EVEN THOUGH THERE WILL BE A LULL IN THE RAINFALL FOR THE

NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...THE FLOOD THREAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA.



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.



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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