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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

853 PM CDT THU MAY 13 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY UNTIL 1145 

PM CDT...



AT 853 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM MORRISONVILLE TO PANA. 2 TO 5 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 400 PM.



AT 751 PM CDT...PANA POLICE REPORTED WATER OVER STREETS IN PANA. THE 

INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON AND CLAY IMPASSABLE...AND ONE CAR 

STRANDED.    



AT 815 PM CDT...CHRISTIAN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED...WATER OVER IL 

HIGHWAY 48 BETWEEN CLARKSDALE AND MORRISONVILLE. WATER ALSO COVERED 

ROADS IN MORRISONVILLE.



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.



BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS.



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 3936 8953 3958 8954 3974 8939 3981 8927

          3981 8915 3965 8915 3965 8904 3936 8904



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