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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

325 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 

830 AM CDT...



AT 322 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER EXTREME NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY. NATIONAL

WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES RANGE FROM 3 TO 4 INCHES

FROM RANKIN TO ROSSVILLE IN NORTHERN VERMILION COUNTY. ADDITIONAL STRONG

THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THIS AREA OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND PRODUCE

ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF RAINFALL. 



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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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