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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

615 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 900 AM...



AT 610 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG 

THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTING OVER THE WARNED AREA. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING 

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES. AT 600 AM...THE SHELBY COUNTY 

POLICE REPORTED WATER OVER THE ROAD AT 128 NORTH AND HENTON ROAD.   



EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ACROSS THE 

WARNED AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. THIS WILL CAUSE ADDITIONAL 

FLASH FLOODING AND A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN SHELBY COUNTY.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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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