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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

515 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR IROQUOIS AND FORD COUNTIES

UNTIL 600 AM CDT...



AT 507 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED THAT THE 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST OUT 

OF IROQUOIS AND FORD COUNTIES. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PARTS OF THESE 

COUNTIES OVERNIGHT...WITH UP TO 6 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS. STATE POLICE 

AND COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED SOME FLOODING OF VIADUCTS AND STREETS. 



* SOME LOCATIONS IN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ARE...

  GILMAN...

  WATSEKA...

  ONARGA...

  MILFORD...

  WELLINGTON...

  CISSNA PARK...

  BUCKLEY...

  LODA...

  PAXTON...

  MELVIN...

  GIBSON CITY...

 

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

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

TWO FEET OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY INCLUDING SUVS AND

PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED

QUICKLY.



MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF LIVING IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. NEVER WALK

INTO FLOOD WATERS.



REPORT FLASH FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL ESDA...OR THE NEAREST LAW

ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. 



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