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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1002 PM CDT WED JUN 11 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN

COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM CDT...



AT 1002 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO OCCUR OVER PARTS OF VERMILION AND CHAMPAIGN

COUNTIES. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 2 TO 4 INCHES HAS OCCURRED

IN A BAND EXTENDING FROM POTOMAC TO THOMASBORO TO NEAR CHAMPAIGN. 

ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THESE AREAS

THROUGH MIDNIGHT. ISOLATED AMOUNTS OF AROUND 5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE

BY THE TIME THE RAINFALL ENDS LATE TONIGHT.



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.



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.



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