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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1110 PM CDT WED JUN 12 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM

CDT...



AT 1110 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS APPROACHING KNOX COUNTY FROM THE WEST. THIS RAINFALL

WILL MOVE INTO KNOX COUNTY BY 1130 PM...AND WILL CONTINUE FOR AT 

LEAST 1 TO 2 HOURS. 



RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT THE PREVIOUS ROUND OF STORMS PRODUCED 

1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FROM GALESBURG TO WILLIAMSFIELD...WITH A 

MAXIMUM OF 3 TO 4 INCHES FROM FIVE MILES WEST OF DAHINDA TO 

DAHINDA. KNOX COUNTY ESDA OFFICIALS REPORTED 2 FEET OF WATER 

COVERING COUNTY HIGHWAY 12...JUST NORTH OF I-74. SEVERAL OTHER

COUNTY ROADS WERE COVERED WITH UP TO A FOOT OF WATER BETWEEN

GALESBURG AND DAHINDA.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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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