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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

650 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN LIVINGSTON AND FORD COUNTIES 

HAS BEEN CANCELED...



AT 650 PM...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED HEAVY 

RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAD MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. 

THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  STRAWN...

  SIBLEY...



WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN 

FROM THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON...IN A NARROW BAND ALONG THE 

LIVINGSTON AND FORD COUNTY LINE...BETWEEN STRAWN AND SIBLEY. 

HOWEVER...LIVINGSTON AND FORD COUNTY SHERIFF OFFICES REPORT NO 

SIGNIFICANT FLOODING IN THIS AREA.



A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS...AS 

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF NORTHERN MISSOURI AND WEST 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS MAY BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA. 



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CAN CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND

NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW

LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROAD.



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.



LAT...LON 4083 8815 4042 8814 4042 8855 4083 8863



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