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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

745 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...



AT 745 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING OVER PARTS OF VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN 

COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL HAS AVERAGED FROM 1 INCH OVER THE PAST 

HOUR MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN 

COUNTIES. DOPPLER RAINFALL ESTIMATES OVER EXTREME NORTHERN VERMILION 

COUNTY...ROUGHLY FROM RANKIN TO HOOPESTON TO JUST SOUTH OF 

ROSSVILLE...RANGE FROM 8 TO 10 INCHES SINCE LATE LAST NIGHT.



AT 715 AM CDT...VERMILION COUNTY ESDA REPORTED ROUTE 119 EAST OF 

ROUTE 1 CLOSED.  ADDITIONALLY...PARTS OF ROUTE 9 WERE CLOSED.  



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.



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

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

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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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