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WGUS73 KLOT 122342

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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

640 PM EST SAT JUN 12 2004



UNTIL 745 PM EST...



AT 639 PM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE FADING FROM NORTHERN 

BENTON COUNTY AND HAVE DEVELOPED FURTHER SOUTH BUT OF LESSER 

INTENSITY.



HOWEVER..THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY 

CONTINUES UNTIL 745 PM EST. RADAR ESTIMATES THEN NEARLY 4 INCHES OF 

RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE SUGAR CREEK BASIN AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE 

IROQUOIS RIVER AROUND EARL PARK. THE RAIN FELL AT A 2 TO 3 INCH PER 

HOUR RATE.



FLOODING IS LIKELY TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING AS THIS HEAVY RAIN 

RUNS OFF.



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.





LAT...LON 4074 8724 4066 8725 4062 8752 4075 8753

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