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WGUS73 KILX 181403

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ILC169-181800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

900 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SCHUYLER COUNTY UNTIL 100 PM

CDT...

...THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION...



AT 900 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS ALL OF SCHUYLER COUNTY. 4 TO 8 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 430 AM.



AT 852 AM...SCHUYLER COUNTY ESDA REPORTED CITY AND COUNTY ROADS 

FLOODED.



RADAR SHOWS THAT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CONTINUE ACROSS SCHUYLER 

COUNTY THROUGH 11 AM. 5 TO 9 INCHES OF RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE 

COUNTYWIDE.



THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOOD SITUATION TAKE IMMEDIATE 

STEPS TO SAVE LIFE AND PROPERTY IF HIGH WATERS THREATEN. MOVE TO 

HIGHER GROUND IF LIVING IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. NEVER DRIVE OR WALK 

INTO FLOOD WATERS.



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.



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.





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