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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

520 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2003



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR FORD COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM

CDT...



AT 520 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THAT THE HEAVY RAINS HAVE ENDED ACROSS FORD COUNTY. ADDITIONAL 

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING. BUT HEAVY 

RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED.



WATER WAS REPORTED ACROSS ROUTE 47 SOUTH OF SIBLEY ROAD.



WITH HEAVY RAINFALL NO LONGER EXPECTED...WATER ACROSS FLOODED AREAS 

WILL SLOWLY RECEDE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS THIS EVENING.



MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES

TWO FEET OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY INCLUDING SUVS AND

PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED 

QUICKLY.



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.



LAT...LON 4060 8817 4044 8811 4043 8844 4060 8844



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