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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

620 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR STARK...PEORIA...FULTON AND

SCHUYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



AT 615 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING 

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OCCURRING EARLY THIS 

MORNING. REPORTS FROM LOCAL SHERIFF OFFICES REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS 

BECOMING FLOODED AND EVEN CLOSED IN SPOTS.



THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH 8 AM. 

UNTIL THEN...FLOOD PROBLEMS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS THE WATER 

RUNS OFF INTO LOW LYING AREAS AND STREAMS AND CREEKS. 



IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE 

TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. PERSONS TRAVELING ACROSS THE AREA 

NEED TO BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AND BE ON THE LOOK OUT FOR FLOODED 

ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



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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