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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1055 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SANGAMON...MORGAN AND SCOTT

COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...



AT 1055 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS SCOTT...MORGAN AND SANGAMON 

COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UPWARDS OF 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTY...WITH UP TO 2 

INCHES OF RAIN FROM SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY TO SOUTHERN SANGAMON 

COUNTY SINCE 10 AM. 



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN INTENSITY HAS DIMINISHED...MODERATE RAIN WILL 

CONTINUE TO BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING INTO THE 

AFTERNOON HOURS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS 

IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER 

GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE 

ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



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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PLAHMER

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