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WGUS73 KILX 110111

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ILZ066-067-071-110600-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

810 PM CDT TUE JUN 10 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EFFINGHAM...JASPER AND CLAY

COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...



AT 810 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM NEAR HORD NORTHEAST TO NEAR STE.

MARIE. 2 TO 5 INCHES HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 530 PM.



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE 

EVENING HOURS.  



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES A

FOOT OR TWO OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN

RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.



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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