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WGUS73 KILX 121113

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ILC183-121630-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

612 AM CDT SAT JUN 12 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 1130 AM

CDT...



AT 608 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM RANKIN TO HOOPESTON...1 TO 3 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED. AN ADDITIONAL LINE OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS 

WAS FROM SIDELL TO GEORGETOWN...WHERE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN 

ESTIMATED SINCE 500 AM.  



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 4046 8787 3993 8787 3995 8756 4047 8758



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