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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

ISSUED BY NWS LINCOLN IL

1140 AM CDT FRI AUG 23 2002



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

SOUTHERN FORD COUNTIES UNTIL 1 PM CDT...



ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...WATER FROM 

THE HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO RUN OFF 

INTO LOW LYING AREAS. RAINFALL REPORTS FROM THE AREA INDICATED UP TO 

5 AND A HALF INCHES IN SOME AREAS. THIS IS IN AREAS THAT HAD HEAVY 

RAINFALL JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AND SOILS REMAIN SATURATED.



AT 1130 AM...THE FORD COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED SEVERAL ROADS 

STILL UNDER FLOOD WATERS. IN ADDITION...SMALL STREAMS IN THE WARNED 

AREA WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE RISES INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON. 



RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE 

TO THE EFFECTS OF FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED 

AREAS BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF FLOOD WATERS 

RISE IN YOUR AREA.



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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