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ILC081-191-270500-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PADUCAH KY

1110 PM CDT WED MAY 26 2004



...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR JEFFERSON AND WAYNE 

COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST ILLINOIS UNTIL MIDNIGHT...



THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS MOVED EAST OF THE 

AREA AROUND 930 PM. ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS 

WEST CENTRAL ILLINOIS...MOST OF THESE SHOULD REMAIN NORTH OF THE 

WARNED COUNTIES THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.



EARLIER IN THE EVENING...AROUND 830 PM...NUMEROUS ROADS IN THE CITY 

OF MOUNT VERNON WERE COVERED WITH TWO INCHES OF WATER. IN 

ADDITION...PARTS OF STATE HIGHWAY 37 WERE COVERED WITH TWO INCHES OF 

WATER.



AT 930 PM...WAYNE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT STATE HIGHWAY 

242 WAS COVERED WITH WATER.



THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS MINIMAL THROUGH THE MIDNIGHT 

HOUR...SO THE WARNINGS FOR JEFFERSON AND WAYNE COUNTIES WILL BE 

ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT.



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