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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1257 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002



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

CDT...



AT 1246 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS KNOX COUNTY. THE RAIN IS EXPECTED 

TO CONTINUE UNTIL 2 AM...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH OR HOUR

OR GREATER. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN A NARROW

BAND FROM GALESBURG...THROUGH DAHINDA...TO WILLIAMSFIELD SINCE

9 PM. 



KNOX COUNTY ESDA REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS CLOSED DUE TO MORE THAN

2 FEET OF WATER...INCLUDING COUNTY HIGHWAY 12...JUST NORTH OF

I-74...AND ILLINOIS ROUTE 180 2 MILES NORTH OF WILLIAMSFIELD. 



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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