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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

820 PM CDT MON MAY 27 2002



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCOTT AND MORGAN COUNTIES UNTIL

11 PM CDT...



AT 820 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED EAST OF SCOTT AND MORGAN 

COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 3 AND 5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL

ACROSS PARTS OF SCOTT AND MORGAN COUNTIES ESPECIALLY AROUND BLUFFS

IN NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY. MORE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY 

RAINS COULD DEVELOP ACROSS THIS AREA UNTIL 11 PM. HEAVY RAINS COULD

CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.  



TWO FEET OF WATER WAS REPORTED FLOWING ACROSS NAPLES BLACKTOP ROAD

JUST NORTH OF BLUFFS IN NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY AROUND 730 PM.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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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