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ILC019-140030-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

500 PM CDT TUE JUL 13 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CHAMPAIGN COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM

CDT...



AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY SOUTH OF

CHAMPAIGN. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN AND EASTERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY SINCE 

230 PM. THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN CHAMPAIGN COUNTY COULD PRODUCE

AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH 6 PM. THIS COULD CAUSE

FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN URBAN...LOW LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE

AREAS.



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.



EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING ON FLOOD PRONE

HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES. NEVER WALK OR DRIVE INTO FLOODED

AREAS AND ABANDON VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS.



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 4028 8795 3990 8796 3990 8846 4028 8845



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