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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1050 PM CDT THU AUG 22 2002



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

AND DE WITT COUNTIES UNTIL 145 AM CDT...



AT 1050 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM JUST SOUTH OF CLINTON TO CHAMPAIGN TO 

JUST NORTH OF DANVILLE. 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED 

SINCE 730 PM. ANOTHER 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE.



FLOODED ROADS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITHIN THE WARNED AREA IN PIATT AND 

CHAMPAIGN COUNTIES. 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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