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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

205 PM CDT MON MAY 6 2002



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

UNTIL 400 PM CDT...



AT 205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS CHRISTIAN AND SHELBY COUNTIES. HOWEVER...FLOODING

CONTINUES TO THREATEN THE WARNED AREA. AT 2 PM...CHRISTIAN COUNTY 

SHERIFF REPORTED A VEHICLE STRANDED ON ROUTE 48 BETWEEN MORISONVILLE 

AND HARVEL. ALSO...TOWNSHIP ROADS ARE FLOODED SOUTH OF TAYLORVILLE. 

RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 4 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS 

SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN COUNTY AND CENTRAL SHELBY COUNTY SINCE MIDNIGHT.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT 

ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. ALTHOUGH THE 

RAIN HAS ENDED...THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT MAY STILL CONTINUE.



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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