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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

741 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR LOGAN COUNTY UNTIL 915 AM

CDT...



AT 741 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF

LOGAN COUNTY. AS OF 7 AM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN

MEASURED 3.70 INCHES OF RAIN. AN OBSERVER IN BROADWELL REPORTED

3.11 INCHES.  ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE

EAST OF I-55.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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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