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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1245 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN

COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...



AT 1245 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING NEAR TOLONO NORTHEAST TO DANVILLE. 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1100 AM CDT.



AT 1230 PM CDT...CHAMPAIGN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS COUNTY 

ROADS FLOODED OVER SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY.  PEOPLE WERE SAND 

BAGGING NEAR BROADLANDS. AT ROUTE 49 AND 4 MILES SOUTH OF HOMER 

FLOODED ROADWAYS.  ADDITIONAL REPORTS WERE AT ILLINOIS ROUTE 130 AT 

3 MILES NORTH OF VILLA GROVE.  



AT 1220 PM CDT...VERMILION COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODED BASEMENTS 

IN WESTVILLE.   



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.



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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