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WGUS73 KILX 170316

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ILC183-170800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

1014 PM CDT WED JUN 16 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR VERMILION COUNTY UNTIL 300 AM

CDT...



AT 1014 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM EAST OF COLLISON NORTHEAST TO 

ALVIN...WHERE 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE

900 PM.



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.



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

DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT NIGHT TO JUDGE HOW

MUCH WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. 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 4048 8755 3991 8756 3991 8791 4046 8793



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