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WGUS73 KILX 181259

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ILC171-181830-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

759 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCOTT COUNTY UNTIL 130 PM

CDT...



AT 755 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY. 2 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED ACROSS NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY

SINCE 430 AM.



RADAR SHOWS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL MOVE BACK INTO ALL OF SCOTT 

COUNTY BY 830 AM...CONTINUING THROUGH 1030 AM. 4 TO 6 INCHES OF

RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AT LOCATIONS NORTHEAST OF A BLUFFS TO 

WINCHESTER LINE...WITH 2 TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE FARTHER SOUTHWEST.



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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