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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LINCOLN IL

605 PM CDT WED AUG 25 2004



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR MENARD COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM

CDT...



AT 603 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAINS CONTINUING FROM TALLULA TO FANCY PRAIRIE. 1 TO 4 INCHES 

OF RAIN HAS BEEN ESTIMATED SINCE 300 PM.



AT 530 PM CDT...MENARD COUNTY ESDA REPORTED FLOODING ON ILLINOIS 

ROUTE 97.  



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 4006 8995 3990 8987 4009 8960 4012 8977



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