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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

900 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SHELBY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO 

EXPIRE BUT MORE FLASH FLOODING LIKELY LATER TODAY...



AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

STORMS THAT BROUGHT FLASH FLOODING TO PORTIONS OF SHELBY COUNTY LAST 

NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE SHIFTED SOUTHEAST OF THE REGION. 

SHELBY COUNTY ESDA REPORTS THAT THE FLOODED ROADWAYS HAVE SUBSIDED 

AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT OF EARLY THIS MORNING HAS ENDED. 

THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  



HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATES MORE HEAVY RAINFALL CURRENTLY MOVING INTO 

WESTERN ILLINOIS...AND THIS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO SHELBY COUNTY LATE 

THIS MORNING. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGAIN CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING...AND MORE WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.



NEVER DRIVE ACROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 

OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR 

THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE. 



THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION DEVELOPING ACROSS SHELBY COUNTY TODAY. 

STAY TUNED FOR LATER WARNINGS.



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PLAHMER

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