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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

736 AM CDT TUE MAY 7 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EFFINGHAM...CRAWFORD AND

JASPER COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 AM CDT...



AT 736 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN AND SOUTHEASTERN

ILLINOIS. TWO TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 2 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.



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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