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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

730 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MORGAN AND SOUTHEAST SCOTT

COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM CDT...



AT 730 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED

BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL OVER SOUTHEAST SCOTT AND 

SOUTHWEST MORGAN COUNTIES SINCE 5 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS ALONG

ROUTE 267 FROM MANCHESTER TO MURRAYVILLE...LOCATED SOUTH OF 

JACKSONVILLE.



SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVER THIS AREA THROUGH 830 PM

AND COULD PRODUCE UP TO AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH OF RAIN. FLASH FLOODING

IS POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST OF WINCHESTER IN SOUTHEAST SCOTT COUNTY 

AND OVER SOUTHERN MORGAN COUNTY SOUTH OF I-72 UNTIL 930 PM. 



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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