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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

507 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY UNTIL 

900 AM CDT...



AT 507 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL 

MOVE EAST BY 6 AM. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE AFTER 6 AM 

WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AGAIN POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AROUND 4 INCHES 

WITH ISOLATED 5 INCHES AMOUNTS ACROSS SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY. FORD 

COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTS NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN FORD 

COUNTY FLOODED WITH ONE TO TWO FEET OF WATER ON MANY ROADS. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS MORNING WILL ONLY CAUSE THE FLOODING 

PROBLEMS TO WORSEN.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  GIBSON...

  PAXTON...



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.



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.



LAT...LON 4052 8820 4044 8802 4046 8839 4058 8842



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