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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

715 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR PIATT...EDGAR...DOUGLAS...

MOULTRIE...COLES AND SHELBY COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...



AT 715 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM WESTERN SHELBY COUNTY EASTWARD INTO 

SOUTHERN EDGAR COUNTY. ONE TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN 

ESTIMATED SINCE 430 AM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO TWO INCHES IS 

POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...WHICH WILL AGGRAVATE THE 

FLOODING SITUATION.



SHELBY...MOULTRIE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES REPORT NUMEROUS ROADS WITH 

WATER OVER THEM...INCLUDING ILLINOIS ROUTE 128 NORTH OF 

SHELBYVILLE...COUNTY ROAD 32 SOUTH OF SULLIVAN AND ILLINOIS ROUTE 

133 IN DOUGLAS COUNTY. 



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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BYRD

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