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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

424 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MASON...MENARD AND CASS

COUNTIES UNTIL 830 AM CDT...



AT 424 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER CASS...MASON AND 

MENARD COUNTIES. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 2 AM.

EXPECT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OVER THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF 

HOURS.



AT 420 AM...THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS IN ALL THREE COUNTIES REPORTED 

ONLY MINOR FLOODING OVER COUNTY ROADS.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND 

NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW 

LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



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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