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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

653 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR BOONE COUNTY IN ILLINOIS UNTIL

930 PM CDT...



AT 653 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF BOONE COUNTY. 

NATIONAL WEATHER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF BOONE COUNTY...ESPECIALLY 

BETWEEN BELVIDERE AND POPLAR GROVE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 

AROUND ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM...WITH LOCALIZED HIGHER 

AMOUNTS.



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 FLOODING. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED AREAS BY

FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE.



MOST DEATHS IN FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR

VEHICLE INTO AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. IT ONLY TAKES

TWO FEET OF WATER TO WASH MOST VEHICLES AWAY INCLUDING SUVS AND

PICKUPS. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATERS SHOULD BE ABANDONED

QUICKLY.



REPORT 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 4239 8890 4224 8890 4225 8873 4240 8873

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