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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

919 PM CDT WED MAY 8 2002



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



FLOODING FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS BEEN SUBSIDING IN CLARK 

COUNTY. THE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT THERE WERE STILL A COUPLE 

ROADS CLOSED AROUND MARSHALL.



WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AT 915 PM SHOWED ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS OVER EAST 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS. HOWEVER...A LARGE AREA OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS 

WAS IN EASTERN MISSOURI. THIS RAIN WILL BE MOVING INTO EASTERN 

ILLINOIS AFTER MIDNIGHT. HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE AGAIN WITH THIS 

SYSTEM...WHICH MAY BRING ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING. A FLOOD WATCH IS 

IN EFFECT OVERNIGHT.



WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2.5 AND 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN 

FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING JUST SOUTH OF I-70...FROM MARTINSVILLE TO 

THE INDIANA BORDER.



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.



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GEELHART



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