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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1130 PM CDT MON JUL 22 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EDGAR COUNTY UNTIL 200 AM

CDT...



AT 1130 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS MUCH OF EDGAR CONTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF

3.50 TO 4 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 830 PM. THE AREAS

MOST AFFECTED HAVE BEEN IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE COUNTY 

INCLUDING THE TOWN OF KANSAS...HICKORY GROVE CREEK...AND POLECAT

CREEK. ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATIONS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE LIKELY 

BETWEEN 1130 PM AND 1 AM. 



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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