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WGUS73 KILX 100044

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ILC019-183-100500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

744 PM CDT WED JUL 9 2003



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

COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT...



AT 743 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS ALL OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY AND VERMILION 

COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 

CENTRAL PORTIONS OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY...ROUGHLY BETWEEN MAHOMET AND 

ST. JOSEPH...SINCE THIS MORNING...WITH WIDESPREAD 4 TO 5 INCH 

AMOUNTS ESTIMATED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL CHAMPAIGN AND CENTRAL 

VERMILION COUNTY. 



AT 715 PM...A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER IN URBANA REPORTED A STORM TOTAL 

OF 5.73 INCHES. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY WITH THESE RAINFALL AMOUNTS



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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