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WGUS73 KILX 151731

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ILC115-152030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1227 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MACON COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM

CDT...



AT 1227 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THIS MORNING HAD SHIFTED EAST OF MACON COUNTY. 

HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STORM DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF THE SPRINGFIELD AREA 

WILL SHIFT NORTHEAST TOWARD MACON COUNTY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. ANY 

HEAVY RAINFALL OVER ALREADY SATURATED GROUNDS WILL LIKELY CAUSE 

ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING. LATE THIS MORNING...MACON COUNTY ESDA 

REPORTED THAT HEAVY RAINFALL CAUSED UNDERPASS FLOODING ONE TO ONE 

AND A HALF FEET DEEP AT 22ND STREET AND GARFIELD IN DECATUR.



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.



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 4004 8881 3968 8884 3969 8912 4004 8912



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