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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

900 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LOGAN AND DE WITT COUNTIES

UNTIL 1000 PM CDT...



AT 900 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING FROM LINCOLN EAST TO CLINTON.  

THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 5  

INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 600 PM.



AT 730 PM CDT...DE WITT COUNTY ESDA REPORTED NUMEROUS STREETS 

FLOODED IN CLINTON.



AT 740 PM CDT...LOGAN COUNTY ESDA REPORTED SEVERAL STREETS FLOODED 

IN LINCOLN.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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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