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ILC025-101-159-270715-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1005 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CLAY...LAWRENCE AND RICHLAND

COUNTIES UNTIL 215 AM CDT...



AT 10 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

AREA OF HEAVY RAINS THAT WAS OVER CLAY...RICHLAND AND LAWRENCE 

COUNTIES HAS MOVED EAST INTO INDIANA. HOWEVER...ANOTHER LINE OF 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINS WAS JUST NORTH OF THESE COUNTIES AND 

AND COULD DEVELOP SOUTHWARD INTO THESE COUNTIES DURING THE NEXT 

COUPLE OF HOURS. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAS FALLEN SINCE 5 PM ACROSS THIS AREA AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF 

1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 215 AM ESPECIALLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY

50 FROM FLORA TO LAWRENCEVILLE.



AROUND 845 PM...RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED FLOODING ON ROUTE 130 

IN OLNEY AND ON ROUTE 250 BETWEEN OLNEY AND NOBLE. 



AROUND 900 PM...CLAY COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 6 INCHES OF WATER ON 

ROUTE 50 NEAR XENIA CLOSE TO THE CLAY AND MARION COUNTY LINE. MORE 

WATER WAS ON SOME COUNTY ROADS NEAR SAILOR SPRINGS.



AROUND 918 PM...LAWRENCE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED OVER A FOOT OF 

WATER ON COUNTY ROAD 250 EAST NEAR SUMNER.  



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 

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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.  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 3878 8751 3858 8762 3862 8871 3888 8873



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