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ILC021-240815-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1054 PM CDT SUN MAY 23 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHRISTIAN COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM

CDT...



AT 1054 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD SHIFTED EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...

COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTED SOME WATER STILL COVERING ROADWAYS FROM

TAYLORVILLE TO MORRISONVILLE...ALTHOUGH THE WATER WAS BEGINNING TO

SLOWLY RECEDE. 



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 3964 8907 3939 8909 3938 8954 3962 8953

          3973 8928



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