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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

455 AM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LOGAN AND SANGAMON COUNTIES

UNTIL 645 AM CDT...



AT 450 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THAT HEAVY RAINS HAVE MOVED NORTHEAST OF LOGAN AND SANGAMON 

COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2.5 AND 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD FALLEN IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST LOGAN AND NORTHEAST SANGAMON 

COUNTIES BETWEEN LINCOLN AND SPRINGFIELD SINCE LATE FRIDAY EVENING. 

RUNOFF FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH 

FLOODING EARLY THIS MORNING.



AT 218 AM CDT...THE LOGAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED ROADS FLOODED NEAR 

NEW HOLLAND. THIS INCLUDED UP TO 2 FEET OF STANDING WATER OVER PARTS 

OF HIGHWAY 10 NEAR NEW HOLLAND. AT 403 AM...WATER COVERED PARTS 

OF 5TH STREET IN BURTONVILLE AND 450TH AVENUE WEST OF LINCOLN. ALSO 

5TH STREET AT THE NEW HOLLAND MIDDLETOWN BLACKTOP HAD SOME WATER 

FLOWING OVER THEM.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 

IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. RESIDENTS LIVING 

ALONG STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH 

FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR 

AUTOMOBILE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO 

RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. 



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 



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