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ILZ064-065-110145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST LOUIS MO

645 PM CDT MON JUN 10 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BOND AND WESTERN 

FAYETTE COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM CDT...



AT 645 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN LOCATED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.  

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SUBSIDED SOME FROM EARLIER INTENSITIES... 

WHERE AT ONE POINT...OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAD FALLEN IN A 

ONE-HOUR PERIOD OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST BOND COUNTY.



RADAR ESTIMATES A TOTAL OF 3 TO 3.6 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN 

SINCE 430 PM IN AN AREA RUNNING FROM CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST BOND 

COUNTY TO WESTCENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY...ROUGHLY FROM THE TOWNS OF 

GREENVILLE THROUGH WOBURN AND INTO THE SHAFTER AREA.



REPORTS SO FAR HAVE ONLY INDICATED MINOR FLOODING IN PARTS OF BOND 

COUNTY WITH WATER ON ROADWAYS...BUT NO ROAD CLOSURES SO FAR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. 

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. AVOID BRIDGES...DIPS...

OR OTHER LOW LYING AREAS...AND NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS

WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT

TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER

SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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