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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

427 PM CDT TUE MAY 18 2004



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

CDT...



AT 427 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM NEAR CLINTON EAST TO DE WITT. 1 TO 3 

INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 1230 PM. 



ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED INTO THE EARLY 

EVENING HOURS WHICH MAY AGGRAVATE THE HIGH WATER SITUATION. 



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 4010 8911 4011 8881 4027 8868 4027 8906



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