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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

0705 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION...CHAMPAIGN...

EDGAR...DOUGLAS...MOULTRIE...COLES...SHELBY...CLARK AND CUMBERLAND

COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 657 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

SHOWERS CONTINUING OVER EAST CENTRAL ILLINOIS. TWO TO FOUR INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1 AM.



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.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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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