

000 

RWUS32 KSPI 282219

FFSSPI

ILZ045-290200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

520 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY UNTIL 9 PM

CDT...



AT 515 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE BEGINNING TO TAPER OFF ACROSS THE 

NORTHERN HALF OF THE WARNED AREA. SINCE 4 PM...RADAR ESTIMATED MANY 

LOCATIONS RECEIVING BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL. CHAMPAIGN 

COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICES REPORTED A FEW ROADS FLOODED FROM THIS 

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL RATE. 



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

ALERT FOR RISING WATER LEVELS. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN CAN 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...REMAIN ALERT 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.



$$

FRIEDERS





NNNN

