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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

120 AM CDT THU MAY 9 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE EARLY THIS MORNING FOR COUNTIES

ALONG THE ILLINOIS RIVER...



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCHUYLER COUNTY UNTIL 215 AM.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 AM FOR FULTON

COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 AM

FOR SCOTT...MORGAN...AND CASS COUNTIES. IN ADDITION...A FLASH

FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MASON COUNTY UNTIL 515 AM...

AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PEORIA...TAZEWELL...

MARSHALL...AND WOODFORD COUNTIES UNTIL 6 AM.



VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA SINCE LATE WEDNESDAY

EVENING. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER THE ILLINOIS RIVER BASIN

SUGGEST THAT OVER AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER MOST AREAS. 

THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL OVER SCOTT...SCHUYLER...AND SOUTHERN

FULTON COUNTIES...WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN INDICATED.



ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...

LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE EARLY

MORNING HOURS. THIS WILL AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING OVER THE WARNED

AREAS.



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.



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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