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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

425 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002



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

830 AM CDT...



AT 425 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO FALL OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF VERMILION

COUNTY...ROUGHLY FROM JUST NORTH OF COLLISON TO HOOPESTON. RADAR

ESTIMATES THAT FROM 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A NARROW

BAND EXTENDING FROM RANKIN TO HOOPESTON SINCE MIDNIGHT. 



THIS IS A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD EVENT ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF 

VERMILION COUNTY 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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