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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

654 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR TAZEWELL AND MASON COUNTIES

UNTIL 10 AM CDT...



AT 654 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 THE SHERIFFS OFFICE INDICATED NO SIGNIFICANT 

FLOODING THUS FAR. 



THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF THROUGH 8 AM. UNTIL 

THEN...FLOOD PROBLEMS COULD STILL DEVELOP AS THE WATER RUNS OFF INTO 

LOW LYING AREAS AND STREAMS AND CREEKS. 



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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