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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1158 AM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHRISTIAN AND SHELBY COUNTIES

UNTIL 400 PM CDT...



AT 1158 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS SHELBY AND CHRISTIAN COUNTIES. RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF 

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN AND SOUTHERN SHELBY COUNTIES LATE THIS MORNING.

THIS AREA ALSO RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS...UPWARDS OF 2 AND 

2.5 INCHES...LATE LAST NIGHT AND EARLY THIS MORNING. A NATIONAL 

WEATHER SERVICE COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN MORRISONVILLE RECEIVED A 

TOTAL OF 2.01 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT. THIS OBSERVER ALSO REPORTS 

DAINAGE DITCHES OVERFLOWING IN THE REGION.



THE MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS CHRISTIAN AND SHELBY 

COUNTIES INTO EARLY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF 

FLASH FLOODING.



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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