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WGUS73 KILX 181629

FFSILX

ILC173-182000-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1126 AM CDT FRI JUL 18 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR SHELBY COUNTY UNTIL 300 PM

CDT...



AT 1113 AM...THE CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODED ROADS 

CAUSING ROAD CLOSURES ON ROUTE 51 SOUTH OF OCONEE...IN SHELBY 

COUNTY. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT 1122 AM INDICATED THAT THE 

RAINS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE SOUTH OF THE AREA.  HOWEVER...THE FLASH 

FLOOD WARNING WAS CONTINUED BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE ADDITIONAL RAIN THAT 

MAY DEVELOP THROUGH 1 PM. 



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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