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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

655 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



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

900 AM CDT...



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL OF 4 TO MORE THAN 6 INCHES 

HAS FALLEN ACROSS SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY...GENERALLY SOUTH OF GIBSON 

CITY TO PAXTON TO ELLIOTT. A SECOND AREA OF HEAVY RAIN UP TO 4 

INCHES HAS FALLEN BETWEEN ROBERTS AND PIPER CITY.  FORD COUNTY 

SHERIFF REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN FORD COUNTY 

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



LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WITH BRIEFLY HEAVIER SHOWERS COULD ADD 

ANOTHER HALF INCH OR SO THROUGH 9 A.M.  THIS WILL HELP SLOW THE 

RECESSION OF THE FLOOD WATERS AND SO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 

CONTINUES.



* 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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