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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

730 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



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

CDT...



AT 730 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING NEAR SHELBYVILLE. 2 TO 4 INCHES INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 300 AM.



AT 715 AM CDT...SHELBYVILLE POLICE REPORTED FLOODED ROAD NORTH OF 

TOWER HILL WITH FLOODING LOGS.  ROUTE 16 WEST OF SHELBYVILLE HAD 

HIGH WATER.



RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING. 

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION DEVELOPING ACROSS SHELBY COUNTY FOR 

TODAY. 



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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