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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

805 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR COLES COUNTY UNTIL 1115 AM

CDT...



AT 805 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER COLES COUNTY. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 400 AM.



AT 745 AM CDT...COLES COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGH WATER ON COUNTY 

ROADS IN NORTHERN PART OF THE COUNTY AROUND MATTOON AND CHARLESTON 

AREAS 



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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