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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

555 AM CDT SAT JUL 27 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR KNOX COUNTY UNTIL 730 AM

CDT...



AT 550 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 

THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAINS JUST NORTHEAST OF GALESBURG. MORE 

WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS HAVE LIFTED NORTH OF KNOX 

COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2.5 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE 

NORTHERN HALF OF KNOX COUNTY...FROM I-74 NORTH...SINCE LATE FRIDAY 

EVENING. UP TO AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN COULD FALL OVER 

NORTHERN KNOX COUNTY THROUGH 7 AM.



THE KNOX COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER HAD WASHED DEBRIS ONTO ROUTE 

150 NEAR WILLIAMSFIELD AND THE SPOON RIVER. THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT 

ARRIVED AT THE SCENE BEFORE 530 AM TO CLEAR THE ROAD OFF.



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.



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

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



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