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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

830 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



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

CDT...



AT 830 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS CLARK COUNTY. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 600 PM.



AT 730 PM CDT...MARSHALL POLICE REPORTED THE ROAD WASHED AWAY AT 

11TH STREET AND VINE STREET.  THE POLICE ALSO REPORTED THAT AT 730 

PM THAT VINE STREET WAS CLOSED EAST OF MARSHALL.  



THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION ACROSS CLARK COUNTY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WILL CAUSE A GREATER 

DANGER ACROSS CLARK COUNTY.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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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