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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

845 AM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY UNTIL 

1015 AM CDT...



AT 845 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN MCLEAN COUNTY. UP TO 5 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 5 AM...ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA 

BETWEEN STANFORD AND MCLEAN.



THE HEAVIEST RAINS WILL BE BETWEEN HEYWORTH AND DOWNS OVER THE NEXT 

HOUR OR SO.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL 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 ROADS.



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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BYRD



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