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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

631 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN

COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...



AT 631 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS AVERAGED FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER THE PAST HOUR

MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES. 

DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER EXTREME NORTHERN VERVILION COUNTY...ROUGHLY 

FROM RANKIN TO HOOPESTON TO JUST SOUTH OF ROSSVILLE...RANGE FROM 8 TO 10 

INCHES SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT.



THIS CONTINUES TO BE A SERIOUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION...ESPECIALLY ACROSS

NORTHERN CHAMPAIGN AND VERMILION COUNTIES. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE 

FLASH FLOODING ON FLOOD PRONE HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. NEVER WALK 

OR DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS AND ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS.



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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