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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

815 AM CDT THU JUN 13 2002



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

UNTIL 10 AM CDT...



AT 810 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT 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 MASON 

COUNTY...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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