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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

205 PM CDT SUN MAY 12 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EFFINGHAM...JASPER...

CRAWFORD...CLAY...RICHLAND AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES THROUGH 6 PM...



PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF

I-70 THIS AFTERNOON. THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE RAINFALL

AMOUNTS BETWEEN A HALF AND 1 INCH PER HOUR WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH

FLOODING. A FEW STORMS COULD ALSO BECOME STRONG WITH HAIL AND GUSTY

WINDS. 



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.



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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