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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

605 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LOGAN...MACON...SANGAMON...

MORGAN...CHRISTIAN AND SCOTT COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 555 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF THE WARNED AREA. RADAR WAS  

ESTIMATING WIDESPREAD RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES SINCE 3 AM. 



THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. LOCAL SHERIFF AND POLICE 

DEPARTMENTS WERE REPORTING NUMEROUS ROADS UNDER WATER. A FEW ROADS 

WITH SEVERAL FEET OF WATER FLOWING OVER THEM. MOST OF THESE REPORTS 

WERE ALONG THE I-72 CORRIDOR FROM JACKSONVILLE TO SPRINGFIELD TO 

DECATUR. ALTHOUGH RURAL AREAS WERE LIKELY EXPERIENCING SIMILAR 

PROBLEMS. 



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. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW FEET OF WATER TO 

WASH MOST VEHICLES OFF ROADS....AND THIS COULD BE DEADLY.



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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