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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1230 PM CDT FRI AUG 16 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 300 PM CDT...



AT 1230 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEASTERN MCLEAN COUNTY AND EASTERN 

DEWITT COUNTY. OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 4 AM 

OVER SOUTHWESTERN MCLEAN...NORTHEASTERN LOGAN AND NORTHWESTERN 

DEWITT COUNTIES.



EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE AREA IN THE PAST 

HOUR...RUNOFF FROM THE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING 

PROBLEMS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.



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.



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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