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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

720 PM CDT TUE JUL 20 2004



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

930 PM CDT...



AT 720 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING TO FALL FROM NORTHEAST OF POPLAR GROVE...INTO 

FAR NORTHEAST BOONE COUNTY. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 

ESTIMATES UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN POPLAR GROVE AND 

BELVIDERE. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN 

COVERAGE AFTER 800 PM...BUT THE HEAVY RAIN FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING 

MAY RESULT IN FLOODING EVEN AFTER THE RAIN ENDS.



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 4249 8874 4226 8874 4227 8886 4249 8889

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