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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

458 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LOGAN...PIATT...MENARD...

CASS...MACON...SANGAMON...MORGAN...CHRISTIAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL

900 AM CDT...



AT 458 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER CENTRAL ILLINOIS...ALONG AND NORTH OF 

INTERSTATE 72. TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 

11 PM.



MINOR FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN SOME RURAL AREAS IN MACON AND

SANGAMON COUNTIES. IN CASS COUNTY...THE TOWN OF ASHLAND REPORTED 

MANY OF THE STREETS BEING FLOODED. 



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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