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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

825 PM CDT THU JUN 27 2002



FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 830 PM CDT FOR...

  FRANKLIN COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS

  JEFFERSON COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS



AT 807 PM...THE HEAVY RAIN HAD COMPLETELY EXITED SOUTHERN JEFFERSON 

AND ALL OF FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. THE THREAT OF ANY 

ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING DUE TO HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED...SO THE 

FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THESE COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 

830 PM CDT.



AT 815 PM...AN OBSERVER REPORTED 3.11 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 

SOUTHWEST JEFFERSON COUNTY NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF SCHELLER.



AT 805 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED THAT CONDITIONS WERE IMPROVING 

FROM EARLY FLOODING IN THE WEST FRANKFORT AREA...CAUSING SOME 

VEHICLES TO TRAVEL INTO DITCHES. RAINFALL IN THAT AREA WAS ESTIMATED 

BETWEEN 2 TO 2.5 INCHES BY THE SPOTTER.



AT 751 PM...FRANKLIN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT TWO TO 

THREE FEET OF WATER WAS OVER ROUTE 37 FROM BENTON...SOUTH TO YELLOW 

BANKS ROAD. THE SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT SOME PERSONS WERE 

STILL STRANDED IN THEIR VEHICLES. 



AT 751 PM...THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT WATER 

WAS OVER ROUTE 148 AT WALTONVILLE AROUND 7 PM. THE ROAD HAS SINCE 

BECOME PASSABLE TO TRAFFIC.



FLOOD WATERS SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE 

EVENING.

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