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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHICAGO IL

1015 PM CDT TUE AUG 17 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR JASPER COUNTY UNTIL 115 AM

CDT...



ALTHOUGH MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ENDED ACROSS THE 

AREA...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE EARLIER 

LARGE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES WILL CONTINUE TO 

PRODUCE FLOODING.



THE WORST FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE COUNTY ROADS OF NORTHERN 

JASPER COUNTY ALONG A LINE THAT EXTENDS 5 MILES SOUTH OF DE MOTTE TO 

4 MILES SOUTH OF WHEATFIELD.



THE EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING NEAR STREAMS...CREEKS AND

NEARBY FARMLAND. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS ON COUNTY ROADS AND IN LOW

LYING AREAS. NEVER CROSS AREAS IN WHICH WATER COVERS THE ROADS.



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

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

WATER COVERS ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS FLOODED ROADWAYS. 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 4125 8704 4121 8727 4087 8725 4095 8695



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