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ILC113-100430-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

732 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MCLEAN COUNTY UNTIL 1130 PM

CDT...



AT 725 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS ALL OF MCLEAN COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES THAT UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL SINCE 630 

PM. SINCE THE RAINFALL STARTED THIS AFTERNOON...RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 

OVER OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM CARLOCK AND COLFAX...WITH 

2 TO 5 INCHES COUNTYWIDE. AT 730 PM...MCLEAN COUNTY ESTIMATES TWO 

BASEMENT WALLS COLLAPSED NORTH OF NORMAL DUE TO FLOODING. ESDA ALSO 

REPORTS WIDESPREAD FLOODING ACROSS THE COUNTY.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

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.



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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