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000 

WGUS73 KILX 181952

FFSILX

ILC039-190145-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

250 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DE WITT COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM

CDT...



AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING NEAR DE WITT. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN 

ESTIMATED SINCE 1230 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO DE 

WITT COUNTY FROM CLINTON EAST TO DE WITT BY 330 PM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE WATER SITUATION. 



AT 155 PM CDT...DE WITT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGH WATER ON 

ILLINOIS ROUTE 10 EAST OF CLINTON. THE SHERIFF REPORTED ILLINOIS 

ROUTE 10 WAS STILL PASSABLE...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY 

CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS.     



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.



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 4018 8867 4010 8869 4010 8876 4006 8876

          4006 8915 4029 8915 4029 8859



$$



EH

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000 

WGUS73 KILX 181953

FFSILX

ILC039-190100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

250 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR DE WITT COUNTY UNTIL 800 PM

CDT...



AT 250 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING NEAR DE WITT. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN 

ESTIMATED SINCE 1230 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO DE 

WITT COUNTY FROM CLINTON EAST TO DE WITT BY 330 PM. ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE WATER SITUATION. 



AT 155 PM CDT...DE WITT COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED HIGH WATER ON 

ILLINOIS ROUTE 10 EAST OF CLINTON. THE SHERIFF REPORTED ILLINOIS 

ROUTE 10 WAS STILL PASSABLE...HOWEVER ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY 

CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS.     



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.



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 4018 8867 4010 8869 4010 8876 4006 8876

          4006 8915 4029 8915 4029 8859



$$



EH

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