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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

700 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN IROQUOIS COUNTY 

UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 3 AND 4 

NEAR LODA AND SOUTH OF THAWVILLE IN SOUTHWEST IROQUOIS COUNTY. STATE 

POLICE REPORTED WATER AS HIGH AS THE HOOD OF A CAR IN LODA EARLIER. 

ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH 10 A.M. WILL 

SLOW THE RECESSION OF THE FLOOD WATERS...AND COULD ADD ANOTHER HALF 

INCH OR MORE OF NEW RAINFALL.



* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE...

  BUCKLEY...

  CISSNA PARK...

  LODA...



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 4077 8760 4055 8759 4055 8806 4076 8805



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