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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

930 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR COLES COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED BUT 

MORE FLASH FLOODING LIKELY LATER TODAY...



AT 930 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

STORMS THAT BROUGHT HEAVY RAINFALL TO PORTIONS OF COLES COUNTY LAST 

NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING HAVE SHIFTED EAST OF THE REGION. COLES 

COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS THAT ONLY MINOR URBAN FLOODING CONTINUES 

ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  



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

WESTERN ILLINOIS...AND THIS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO COLES 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 COLES COUNTY TODAY. 

STAY TUNED FOR LATER WARNINGS.



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PLAHMER

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