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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

725 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 2002



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

UNTIL 830 PM CDT...



AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER NORTHEAST LOGAN AND NORTHWEST DE WITT 

COUNTIES.  RADAR ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN IN 

SOME AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.



AT 714 PM...LOGAN COUNTY ESDA REPORTED OLD ROUTE 66 SOUTH OF ATLANTA 

WAS FLOODED. AT 724 PM...LOGAN ESDA ALSO REPORTED INTERSTATE 55 

AROUND ATLANTA WAS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. ESDA SPOTTERS ATLANTA 

ESTIMATED 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 20 MINUTES.



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

IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND 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. STAY

TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS.



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