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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1125 AM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLARK AND CUMBERLAND COUNTIES

UNTIL 200 PM CDT...



AT 1125 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING NEAR GREENUP AND CASEY. 1 TO 2 INCHES  OF 

RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 800 AM.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS 

EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON ACROSS CLARK AND CUMBERLAND 

COUNTIES.



AT 1115 AM CDT...CUMBERLAND COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS FLOODED 

ROADS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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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