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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

714 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLARK COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM

CDT...



AT 714 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS HAD FALLEN OVER CLARK COUNTY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 600 PM.



AT 705 PM CDT...MARSHALL POLICE REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED IN 

MARSHALL...ROUTE 1 SHUT DOWN TO ONE LANE...VINE AND QUALITY ROAD 

IMPASSABLE.  MARSHALL POLICE ALSO REPORTED NATIONAL ROAD WEST OF 

MARSHALL IMPASSABLE.  MARSHALL POLICE REPORTED 2.3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN EARLY THIS EVENING.



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION ACROSS CLARK COUNTY.  

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TONIGHT IS EXPECTED AND WILL CAUSE A GREATER 

DANGER ACROSS CLARK COUNTY.    



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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