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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

630 AM CDT WED JUN 5 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EASTERN DE WITT COUNTY UNTIL 

800 AM CDT...



AT 630 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS HAD FALLEN EAST OF WAPELLA. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 230 AM.  THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCE THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE WEAKENED AND MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.  

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS EASTERN DE WITT COUNTY.  



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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