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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

920 AM CDT MON AUG 19 2002



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

COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 AM CDT...



AT 915 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING 

WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS VERMILION AND 

CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES SINCE MIDNIGHT. RAINFALL ESTIMATES NEAR 10 INCHES 

WERE NOTED ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF VERMILION COUNTY...FROM NEAR 

HOOPESTON TO ROSSVILLE. IN ADDITION...MODERATE RAINS WILL CONTINUE 

ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THROUGH ABOUT 11 AM BEFORE COMING TO AN END. 

AN ADDITIONAL HALF TO ONE INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.



THIS CONTINUES TO BE A SERIOUS FLOOD THREAT...ESPECIALLY ACROSS 

NORTHERN PORTIONS OF VERMILION COUNTY. THESE HIGH RAINFALL AMOUNTS 

IN SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME WILL TAKE MUCH OF THIS MORNING TO RUN 

OFF. PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG STREAMS ARE PARTICULARLY 

VULNERABLE TO FLOODING.  



IF YOU EXPERIENCE RISING WATER LEVELS IN YOUR AREA...EVACUATE TO 

HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY FOOT OR 

AUTOMOBILE. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR WHEN TRYING TO CROSS A FLOODED 

ROADWAY IN AUTOMOBILES.



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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