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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

510 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN SANGAMON COUNTY 

UNTIL 800 PM CDT...



AT 510 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF. SINCE 2 PM... 

RADAR WAS ESTIMATING LOCAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 5 INCHES BETWEEN 

WAVERLY AND AUBURN AND IN ANOTHER AREA BETWEEN AUBURN AND PAWNEE. 



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...REMAIN 

ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL SOMETIMES 

TAKE SEVERAL HOURS TO RUN OFF INTO LOW LYING AREAS. 



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...WATCH FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. 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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