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WGUS73 KILX 252150

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ILC017-137-171-260200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

447 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR CASS...MORGAN AND SCOTT

COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM CDT...



AT 447 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM BLUFFS TO CHANDLERVILLE. 1 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 130 PM. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS 

WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS 

CASS...MORGAN...AND SCOTT COUNTIES.



AT 427 PM CDT...CASS COUNTY SHERIFF STREETS FLOODED IN BEARDSTOWN 

AND A PORTION OF ROUTE 125 WASHED OUT BETWEEN BEARDSTOWN AND 

VIRGINIA.



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.



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.



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 3991 9054 3998 9052 4002 9043 4011 9039

      4012 9034 4007 9030 4005 9024 4011 9000

      3957 9002 3955 9055 3987 9050 3988 9058



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