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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

745 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002



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

SCHUYLER COUNTIES UNTIL 10 AM CDT...



AT 740 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA. ALTHOUGH THE RAINS HAVE 

ENDED...WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF INTO LOW LYING AREAS WITH 

FLOODING PERSISTING THROUGH 10 AM. REPORTS FROM LOCAL SHERIFF 

OFFICES INDICATE NUMEROUS ROADS STILL FLOODED AND EVEN CLOSED IN 

SPOTS. THE MOST WIDESPREAD FLOODING WAS NOTED ACROSS PEORIA AND 

FULTON COUNTIES...WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAINS OCCURRED. 



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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